Victorian Boom Style Era The Boom Style Victorian Era first emerged during the mid-1870s and finished towards the 1890's With the economic boom of the gold rush, architecture became very complicated and contained very unnecessary architectural features Some of these distinguishing features were: -Intricate Brickwork (patterns, colours, shapes) -Highly decorated facades -Decorated roofs with tiles in polychromatic patterns It received its name from the economic boom of the gold rush (jul 11, 1875