Architectural Styles

    Carpenter Gothic

    Alt names / subperiods 

    Timeline

    Distinguishing Features

    Geographic Presence

    Gothic Revival

    Wooden Gothic

    Rural Gothic

     

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    1860-1900

    • Steeply pitched gable roofs
    • decorative elements 
    • finials or cross-gables
    • pointed arches
    • decorative wooden trim,
    • Exposed wooden trusses & brackets in the eaves & porches,
    • porches or verandas with intricate woodwork
    • vertical orientation
    • tall spires
    • narrow proportions
    • USA
    • CanadaAustralia
    • NZ

    Common Building Types

    Landmark buildings

    Historic Accommodation Types

    Accommodation Examples

    • Cottages,
    • Houses ,
    • small churches
    • schools
    • community buildings
    • Church of St. John the Evangelist (Stockport, New York)
    • Aaron Ferrey House, Kent, Ohio
    • Grace Episcopal Church (Georgetown, Colorado)
    • Springside in Poughkeepsie, New York
    • Oak Hill Cottage, Mansfield, Ohio
    • Langdon House, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • St Mary’s Cathedral of Auckland
    • St. Mary’s Catholic Church of Stanley, Falkland Island
    • St. George’s Cathedral, Georgetown, Guyana
    • Pioneer Gothic Church, Dwight, Illinois
    • The Old Church, Portland, Oregon
    • St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Palatka, Florida
    • Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Fruitland Park, Florida
    • Tualatin Plains Presbyterian Church, Hillsboro, Oregon
    • St. John’s-In-The-Prairie Episcopal Church, Forkland, Alabama
    • St. Nicholas Chapel, New Hamburg, New York
    • St. Agatha’s Episcopal Church, DeFuniak Springs, Florida
    • First Baptist Church, Methuen, Massachusetts
    • Cottages in a former Methodist camp town in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts
    • Kingscote in Newport, Rhode Island.
    • Eugene Saint Julien Cox House in St. Peter, Minnesota,
    • Justin Smith Morrill Homestead Strafford, Vermont;
    • Country inns
    • Boarding houses / lodging houses
    • Guesthouses / B&Bs
    • Small hotels
    • Resort cottages / lakeside accommodation
    • Railway or rural station hotels (in some regions)
    • rustic lodges
    • Thayer Hotel — Annandale, Minnesota (USA)
    • Shaw House / Shaw House Inn — Ferndale, California (USA)
    • The Hummingbird Inn (Goshen, Virginia)
    • Eleven Gables Inn (Lake Geneva, Wisconsin)

    Adaptive Reuse

    • Oak Bluffs Carpenter Gothic Cottages — Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts (USA)
    • Lentz Hotel — Mount Pleasant, North Carolina (USA) [Now an historic site];

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