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Carpenter Gothic, also sometimes called Carpenter's Gothic or Rural Gothic, is a North American architectural style-designation for an application of Gothic Revival architectural detailing and picturesque massing applied to wooden structures built by house-carpenters.
Carpenter Gothic, style of architecture that utilized Gothic forms in domestic U.S. architecture in the mid-19th century. The houses executed in this phase of the Gothic Revival style show little awareness of and almost no concern for the original structure and proportions of Gothic buildings and ornamentation.
7 kwi 2023 · The Carpenter Gothic style is truly one of American innovation. It’s a modern twist on a classic style and proves that American builders of the late 19th century were really able to make the most of their skill sets and the materials available to them at the time.
8 cze 2017 · Carpenter Gothic, also known as Rural Gothic, is a style of architecture that developed in North America in the mid-19th century. Wooden houses, decorated with motifs of Gothic Revival detail, make up the trend, which hasn’t died out even today.
Carpenter Gothic, also sometimes called Carpenter's Gothic or Rural Gothic, is a North American architectural style-designation for an application of Gothic Revival architectural detailing and picturesque massing applied to wooden structures built by house-carpenters.
It developed as part of the larger Gothic Revival movement, which used elements of a medieval architecture style called Gothic to decorate homes and public structures like churches.
22 lis 2023 · It is one of the earliest known examples of architect-designed Gothic Revival architecture, a style more often taken by local builders from pattern books published by the style’s proponents. The home was likely a pre-cursor to architect Joseph Wells later commission, the famous Roseland Cottage.
