Not Quite A Kit In the late 1880s, there was a building boom of Victorian-style homes throughout the United States. The country was industrializing, railroads were making the country smaller, suburbs were growing, and the "new rich" were building. The upper-middle class had arrived, and they wanted their McMansions (sound familiar?). Of course, this newly found wealth could not buy a Newport-esque mansion, but the style could certainly be copied on a smaller scale. While the idea of your…