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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 is an eclectic and naive use of the most superficial and obvious motifs of Gothic decoration. Turrets, spires, and pointed arches were applied, in many instances with abandon, and there was usually no logical relationship of ornamentation to the structure of the house.
7 kwi 2023 · Reimagining aspects of Gothic architecture in wood, Carpenter Gothic style found a natural home in small community churches but was also prominent in many homes across the country.
25 lis 2011 · Carpenter Gothic, sometimes also Carpenter's Gothic, is the term used for both ecclesiastical and domestic architecture of the 19th century wherein, through the medium of wood, elements of the Gothic Revival style were employed. Gothic Revival building occurred throughout Britain, the British Empire, and the United States.
28 kwi 2020 · One notable subset was Carpenter Gothic (because it translated medieval stonework into wood), a more practical and easily executed approach to the older stone style. The Delaware &Hudson Railroad’s original depot at Cambridge, Washington County, NY, is a classic example of Gothic.
Reacting to the excesses of High Victorian Gothic, late 19th-century architects returned to a more imitative Gothic Revival. The Collegiate Gothic that shaped such campuses as Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania was popular in this period.
The Carpenter Gothic style is a distinctive variation of the Gothic Revival style featuring vertical board and batten wooden siding, pointed arches and incised wooden trim. The name comes from the extensive use of decorative wood elements on the exterior.
