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ECLECTIC ARCHITECTURE

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Eclectic architecture blends many different styles.

ECLECTIC ARCHITECTURE. A mixture of architectural styles in which no one style dominates the others. The house at 1145 Locust Street features a Byzantine dome, corbelled chimneys and a turret generally found on QUEEN ANNE ARCHITECTURE, and widow's walks characteristic of New England architecture.