Carpenter Gothic, also sometimes called Carpenter's Gothic or Rural Gothic, is a North American architectural style-designation for an application of

Gothic Revival Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...

architectural detailing and

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massing applied to wooden structures built by house-carpenters. The abundance of North American timber and the carpenter-built

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s based upon it made a picturesque improvisation upon Gothic a natural evolution. Carpenter Gothic improvises upon features that were carved in stone in authentic

Gothic architecture Gothic architecture (or pointed architecture) is an architectural style that was prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, during the High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries in some areas. It e ...

, whether original or in more scholarly revival styles; however, in the absence of the restraining influence of genuine Gothic structures, the style was freed to improvise and emphasize charm and quaintness rather than fidelity to received models. The genre received its impetus from the publication by

Alexander Jackson Davis Alexander Jackson Davis, or A. J. Davis (July 24, 1803 – January 14, 1892), was an American architect, known particularly for his association with the Gothic Revival style. Education Davis was born in New York City and studied at t ...

of ''Rural Residences'' and from detailed plans and elevations in publications by

Andrew Jackson Downing Andrew Jackson Downing (October 31, 1815 – July 28, 1852) was an American landscape designer, horticulturist, and writer, a prominent advocate of the Gothic Revival in the United States, and editor of ''The Horticulturist'' magazine (1846–5 ...

History

Carpenter Gothic houses and small churches became common in North America in the late nineteenth century. Additionally during this time, Protestant followers were building many Carpenter Gothic churches throughout the midwest, northeast, and some areas in the south of the US. This style is apart of the Gothic Revival movement. For example. these structures adapted Gothic elements, such as pointed arches, steep gables, and towers, to traditional American

light-frame construction Framing, in construction, is the fitting together of pieces to give a structure support and shape. Framing materials are usually wood, engineered wood, or structural steel. The alternative to framed construction is generally called ''mass wal ...

. The invention of the

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and mass-produced wood moldings allowed a few of these structures to mimic the florid

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of the High Gothic. But in most cases, Carpenter Gothic buildings were relatively unadorned, retaining only the basic elements of pointed-arch windows and steep gables. Probably the best known example of Carpenter Gothic is the house in

Eldon, Iowa Eldon is a city in Wapello County, Iowa, United States. The population was 783 at the time of the 2020 census. It is the site of the small Carpenter Gothic style house that has come to be known as the ''American Gothic'' House. Artist Grant Wo ...

, that

Grant Wood Grant DeVolson Wood (February 13, 1891 February 12, 1942) was an American painter and representative of Regionalism, best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest. He is particularly well known for '' American Gothic'' (193 ...

used for the background of his famous painting ''

American Gothic ''American Gothic'' is a 1930 painting by Grant Wood in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Wood was inspired to paint what is now known as the ''American Gothic'' House in Eldon, Iowa, along with "the kind of people efancied shoul ...

''.

Characteristics

Carpenter Gothic is largely confined to small domestic buildings and outbuildings and small churches. It is characterized by its profusion of jig-sawn details, whose craftsmen-designers were freed to experiment with elaborate forms by the invention of the steam-powered

. A common but not necessary feature is board and

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siding. Other common features include decorative

bargeboard Bargeboard (probably from Medieval Latin ''bargus'', or ''barcus'', a scaffold, and not from the now obsolete synonym "vergeboard") or rake fascia is a board fastened to each projecting gable of a roof to give it strength and protection, and to ...

gingerbread trim Gingerbread is an architectural style that consists of elaborately detailed embellishment known as gingerbread trim. It is more specifically used to describe the detailed decorative work of American designers in the late 1860s and 1870s, which w ...

, pointed-arched windows,

wheel window Rose window is often used as a generic term applied to a circular window, but is especially used for those found in Gothic cathedrals and churches. The windows are divided into segments by stone mullions and tracery. The term ''rose window'' w ...

, one-story

veranda A veranda or verandah is a roofed, open-air gallery or porch, attached to the outside of a building. A veranda is often partly enclosed by a railing and frequently extends across the front and sides of the structure. Although the form ''veran ...

, and steep central

gable A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system used, which reflects climate, material availability, and aesth ...

. A less common feature is

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ing, especially on churches and larger houses. Exterior elements like elaborate forms pointed arches made their way inside the homes as well. This can be seen in pointed arch openings and doorways.

Ornamental use

Being apart of the Gothic Revival, the ornamentation in Carpenter Gothic is much more eclectic, it uses more superficial and obvious motifs. Specifically, Carpenter Gothic ornamentation, referred to as

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, is not limited to use on wooden structures but has been used successfully on other structures especially Gothic Revival

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houses such as the Warren House in a historic district in Newburgh, New York, which is said to epitomize the work of Andrew Jackson Downing, but was actually done by his one-time partner,

Calvert Vaux Calvert Vaux (; December 20, 1824 – November 19, 1895) was an English-American architect and landscape designer, best known as the co-designer, along with his protégé and junior partner Frederick Law Olmsted, of what would become New York Ci ...

. Ornamentation can be seen in the interior as well. Many elements in the interiors were highly crafted such as staircases, walls, ceilings, and fireplaces. Examples of this ornament use include wainscoting, ceiling beams or coffered ceilings, and incredibly ornate wallpapers. Not only that but gothic rosewood furniture was also utilized.

Geographic extent

Carpenter Gothic structures are typically found in most states of the United States, except

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and

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. There is one Carpenter Gothic in the Huning Highlands Historical District in downtown Albuquerque circa 1882 built by the Seth family who lived there until 2002. Many Carpenter Gothic houses were built in Nevada in the 1860-1870s (Virginia City, Reno, Carson City, and Carson Valley areas) and still exist (2010). Interestingly, although this style was most common in northern America, nowhere else had built as many churches as in Florida between 1870 and 1900. In Canada, carpenter Gothic places of worship are found in all provinces and the

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, while Carpenter Gothic houses seem to be limited to

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and the

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Endangered Carpenter Gothic buildings

Many American Carpenter Gothic structures are listed on the

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, which may help to ensure their preservation. Many, though, are not listed and those in urban areas are endangered by the increased value of the land they occupy. A current example of this is St. Saviour's Episcopal Church,

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, built in 1847 by

Richard Upjohn Richard Upjohn (22 January 1802 – 16 August 1878) was a British-born American architect who emigrated to the United States and became most famous for his Gothic Revival churches. He was partially responsible for launching the movement to su ...

. It was sold to a developer in 2006. Its rectory had already been demolished and a deal with the

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to preserve the church in exchange for higher density on the remaining vacant land fell through and the parcel went on the market for $10 million. After a number of postponements, in March 2008, just hours before the final deadline to demolish the church, a deal was struck with a local community group, whereby they were allowed time to raise money to move the structure. At a cost of some $2 million, the building was reduced to its original appearance and dismantled into pieces, so it could be transported through the narrow, winding streets of the neighborhood. It was reconstructed on the grounds of a cemetery in the nearby neighborhood of Middle Village, where it is now used for community activities.

Relocation

Some Carpenter Gothic buildings have been relocated for reasons ranging from

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. Some, such as All Saints, Jensen Beach, Florida, have been moved only a few hundred feet on the same property in order to get a better view and to allow for expansion, while others such as Holy Apostles, Satellite Beach, Florida, have been barged many miles in order to be preserved. Others such as All Saints, DeQuincy, Louisiana, have been dismantled, transported long distances and then reassembled in order to be preserved and reused. Some structures have been moved many times. St. Luke's, Cahaba, Alabama, has had an interesting history of moves. In 1876, due to the danger of flooding in Cahaba, it was dismantled and moved from its original location 25 miles or so to Browns where it was reassembled. In 2006–2007, it was carefully dismantled by students from

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and moved back to Cahaba, where it is now being reassembled by the students on the Cahaba State Historic Site not too far from its original location.

Exterior alterations

Grant Wood - American Gothic - Google Art Project

Some Carpenter Gothic structures such as St. Stephen's in Ridgeway, South Carolina, have had their exteriors altered by

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ing,

brick veneer Masonry veneer walls consist of a single non-structural external layer of masonry, typically made of brick, stone or manufactured stone. Masonry veneer can have an air space behind it and is technically called "anchored veneer". A masonry veneer ...

ing, etc., so that their original style is no longer apparent.

"American Gothic"

" is a

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from 1930. This painting depicts American rural life with its subject being a “stern” looking couple in front of a small Carpenter Gothic style house. Wood's inspiration came from a cottage designed in the Carpenter Gothic style with a distinctive upper window"Grant Wood"
,

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. Retrieved December 14, 2008. and a decision by the artist to paint the house along with "the kind of people I fancied should live in that house."Fineman, Mia
The Most Famous Farm Couple in the World: Why American Gothic still fascinates.
, ''

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'', 8 June 2005

Steamboat Gothic

''Steamboat Gothic'' architecture, a term popularized by Frances Parkinson Keyes's novel of that name, is sometimes confused with Carpenter Gothic architecture, but Steamboat Gothic usually refers to large houses in the Mississippi and Ohio river valleys that were designed to resemble the

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s on those rivers.

Recent examples

St. Luke's Church in

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, was built in 1995. Houses and churches are sometimes built in the Carpenter Gothic style into the 21st Century.

Outside North America

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, completed in 1898. File:FAL-2016-Stanley, Falkland Islands–St. Mary's Catholic Church.jpg, St. Mary's Catholic Church of

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, constructed in 1899. File:20191121 Guyana 0048 Georgetown sRGB (49295795336).jpg,

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Many nineteenth-century timber

structures were built in

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, and in

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- such as

Frederick Thatcher The Reverend Frederick Thatcher (1814 – 19 October 1890) was an English and New Zealand architect and clergyman. He was born at Hastings to a long-established Sussex family. He practised as an architect in London from 1835 and was one of the ...

Old St. Paul's, Wellington Old St Paul's (formerly St Paul's Pro-Cathedral) is a historic site, a city landmark (tourist attraction) and a wedding and event venue in the heart of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. The building served a dual role as the parish c ...

, and

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's St Mary's, but the term "Carpenter's Gothic" is not often used, and many of their architects also built in stone.

Gallery

Churches, synagogues, etc.

File:Eastsound WA - Emmanuel Episcopal Church 02.jpg, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Eastsound, Orcas Island Washington File:Dwight IL Pioneer Gothic Church7.JPG, Pioneer Gothic Church, Dwight, Illinois, originally a Presbyterian church File:UU San Mateo.jpg, Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo, California, California, originally a Methodist church File:All Saint's Episcopal Church in Enterprise1.jpg, All Saints Episcopal Church (Enterprise, Florida) File:The Old Church (ex-Calvary Presbyterian) - Portland, Oregon.jpg,

The Old Church (Portland, Oregon) The Old Church, originally known as Calvary Presbyterian Church, is a Carpenter Gothic church located in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Built in 1882, it was designed by Por ...

, originally Calvary Presbyterian Church File:St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in 2011.JPG, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church,

Prairieville, Alabama Prairieville is an unincorporated community in Hale County, Alabama, United States. Geography Prairieville is located at . It has an elevation of . Landmarks The town is the location of the 1853 Carpenter Gothic style St. Andrew's Episcopal C ...

Note the buttresses. File:Lagrangechurch.jpg, La Grange Church, Titusville, Florida, originally non-denominational Protestant File:Palatka Saint Marks01.jpg, St. Mark's Episcopal Church (Palatka, Florida). Note the buttresses at the base of the belfry. File:Oldstlukes.jpg, St. Luke's Episcopal Church and Cemetery (Courtenay, Florida) File:Port Orange Grace Episc Church01.jpg,

Grace Episcopal Church and Guild Hall (Port Orange, Florida) Grace Episcopal Church and Guild Hall is a historic site in Port Orange, Florida, United States. It is located at 4100 Ridgewood Avenue. On February 5, 1998, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places The National Re ...

File:Dunedin Andr Mem Chapel01.jpg, Andrews Memorial Chapel (Dunedin, Florida), originally a Presbyterian church File:Bethany-2-kendrick-id-us.png, Bethany Memorial Chapel (Kendrick, Idaho), originally a Norwegian Lutheran church File:Holytrinfruitlandpark6.jpg,

Holy Trinity Episcopal Church (Fruitland Park, Florida) Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, a historic Carpenter Gothic church (building), church located at 2201 Spring Lake Road, in Fruitland Park, Florida, Fruitland Park, Florida, is listed on the United States, U.S. National Register of Historic Place ...

File:Old Scotch Church autumn - Hillsboro Oregon.jpg, Tualatin Plains Presbyterian Church, Hillsboro, Oregon File:Holy Trinity Episcopal Church (Melbourne, Florida) Oblique View.jpg, Chapel of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church (Melbourne, Florida) File:Lowdnesborostpauls.jpg, St. Paul's Episcopal Church,

Lowndesboro, Alabama Lowndesboro is a town in Lowndes County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 115, down from 140 in 2000. It is part of the Montgomery Metropolitan Statistical Area. Although initially incorporated in 1856 by an act of ...

File:St Johns in the Prairie 01.jpg, St. John's-In-The-Prairie Episcopal Church, Forkland, Alabama File:St. Luke's Church at Cahaba 03.JPG, St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Cahaba, Alabama File:St_Margarets_Hibernia_chapel.jpg, St. Margaret's Episcopal Church (Hibernia, Florida). File:AllSaintsEpisJensenBeachFL.jpg, All Saints Episcopal Church, Waveland (Jensen Beach, Florida) File:Zion Memorial Chapel, New Hamburg, NY.jpg, St. Nicholas Chapel,

New Hamburg, New York New Hamburg is a small hamlet (and census-designated place) along the Hudson River in Dutchess County, New York, United States. It is located in the southern corner of the Town Of Poughkeepsie. History Early history Road records of 1770 show th ...

File:Gethsemane Evangelical Lutheran Church Detroit MI.jpg, Gethsemane Evangelical Lutheran Church, Detroit, Michigan File:Moose Factory.jpg, St. Thomas' Anglican Church (Moose Factory, Ontario) File:StPaulsChapel.jpg, The original St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Walnut Creek, California) File:DeFuniak Springs Hist Dist CD0144a St Agathas.jpg, St. Agatha's Episcopal Church, DeFuniak Springs, Florida. Note the unusual tower. File:First Baptist Church Methuen MA.jpg,

First Baptist Church (Methuen, Massachusetts) First Baptist Church is an historic Baptist church building at 30 Park Street in Methuen, Massachusetts. Built in 1869 for a congregation established in 1815, it is one of the town's finest examples of Carpenter Gothic architecture. It was li ...

File:Calvary Lutheran Church - Silverton Oregon.jpg, Calvary Lutheran Church (Silverton, Oregon) File:St Pauls Chapel Jul 09.JPG,

St. Paul's Chapel (Crownsville, Maryland) St. Paul's Chapel is an historic Carpenter Gothic style Episcopal church at Crownsville, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It is a small board-and-batten frame church composed of a simple rectangular nave, a small entrance porch, a small deep ch ...

File:St. Paul's by the Sea Protestant Episcopal Church.jpg, St. Paul's by-the-sea Protestant Episcopal Church, Ocean City, Maryland File:St Johns Ruxton MD 01.jpg, St. John's Church (Ruxton, Maryland) File:Mendocino Church Cropped.jpg,

Mendocino Presbyterian Church __NOTOC__ The Mendocino Presbyterian Church is an historic Carpenter Gothic-style Presbyterian church building located at 44831 Main Street, in Mendocino, California. Built of coast redwood, it sits on the Mendocino headlands overlooking the Pa ...

File:TempleIsraelLeadville.jpg,

Temple Israel, Leadville, Colorado Temple Israel was erected at 201 West 4th Street in Leadville, Colorado, during the summer of 1884 in less than two months. The Temple Israel building is a rare example of a frontier synagogue. History The small, , Carpenter Gothic structu ...

, 1884 Reform synagogue. File:GCS FL HD St. Mary's Church01.jpg, St. Mary's Church (Green Cove Springs, Florida) File:United Methodist Church and Parsonage.jpg,

United Methodist Church and Parsonage (Mount Kisco, New York) The United Methodist Church and Parsonage are a historic United Methodist church and its adjacent historic parsonage located on a 2-acre tract on the corner of East Main Street and Smith Avenue in Mount Kisco, Westchester County, New York. The N ...

Houses

Plain

File:2007-06-04-Gothic House.jpg,

American Gothic House The ''American Gothic'' House, also known as the Dibble House, is a house in Eldon, Iowa, designed in the Carpenter Gothic style with a distinctive upper window.Grant Wood Grant DeVolson Wood (February 13, 1891 February 12, 1942) was an American painter and representative of Regionalism, best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest. He is particularly well known for '' American Gothic'' (193 ...

in his famous painting. File:OakBluffs1.jpg, Cottages in a former Methodist camp town in

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on Martha's Vineyard. File:OakBluffs2.jpg, Another view of cottages in Oak Bluffs,. File:AVPeters.JPG, Peters-Liston-Wintermeier House in

Eugene, Oregon Eugene ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located at the southern end of the Willamette Valley, near the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about east of the Oregon Coast. As of the 2020 United States Census, Eu ...

File:Wilson-Durbin1.JPG, Wilson-Durbin House in

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File:Blydenburgh Farm Cottage.jpg, Blydenburgh Farmhouse Cottage, built 1860 in

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File:James and Jennie Cooper House.JPG, James S. and Jennie M. Cooper House,

Independence, Oregon Independence is a city in Polk County, Oregon, United States, on the west bank of the Willamette River along Oregon Route 51, and east of nearby Monmouth. It is part of the Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area. Thirty square blocks of the oldest ...

File:Joseph & Priscilla Craven House Monmouth.jpg, Joseph and Priscilla Craven House,

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Ornate

File:Kingscote 02.jpg, Kingscote in

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, built in 1839. File:AFTON VILLA GARDENS.jpg, Afton Villa, a former plantation house in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Built from 1848–56, the masonry structure burned in 1963. File:J.M. Bonney House.JPG,

J. M. Bonney House The J. M. Bonney House, also known as the Josiah Morse Bonney House, is an historic Carpenter Gothic house located at 408 Princeton Avenue in Buena Vista, Chaffee County, Colorado. Built in 1883, it was named for Josiah Morse Bonney, who founde ...

in Buena Vista, Colorado, built in 1883 File:2009-0805-MN-StPeter-CoxHouse.jpg,

Eugene Saint Julien Cox House The Eugene Saint Julien Cox House, now known as the E. St. Julien Cox House, is a Carpenter Gothic-style house in St. Peter, Minnesota, United States. It was built in 1871 for Eugene Saint Julien Cox, the first mayor of St. Peter, and his family ...

St. Peter, Minnesota St. Peter is a city in Nicollet County, Minnesota, United States. It is 10 miles north of the Mankato – North Mankato metropolitan area. The population was 12,066 at the 2020 census. St. Peter is the county seat of Nicollet County and home ...

, built in 1871 File:Indian Ridge Jul 09.JPG,

Indian Range Indian Range is a historic home at Davidsonville, Maryland, Davidsonville, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It is a -story frame hip-roofed Carpenter Gothic style country "villa" with board and batten siding, steeply pitched cross gables, and tal ...

, in Davidsonville, Maryland, built in 1852 File:Roseland Cottage (Bowen Cottage) - entryway.jpg,

Roseland Cottage Roseland Cottage, also known as Henry C. Bowen House or as Bowen Cottage, is a historic house located on Route 169 in Woodstock, Connecticut, United States. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, and was declare ...

, Woodstock, Connecticut File:Ashe Cottage.jpg,

Ashe Cottage Ashe Cottage, also known as the Ely House, is a historic Carpenter Gothic house in Demopolis, Alabama. It was built in 1832 and expanded and remodeled in the Gothic Revival style in 1858 by William Cincinnatus Ashe, a physician from North Caroli ...

, Demopolis, Alabama File:JSMorrill-House.jpg, Justin Smith Morrill Homestead Strafford, Vermont File:Athenwood1.JPG, Athenwood, Montpelier, Vermont, built 1850 File:Waldwic 1.jpg,

Waldwic Waldwic, also known as the William M. Spencer, III, House, is a historic Carpenter Gothic plantation house and historic district located on the west side of Alabama Highway 69, south of Gallion, Alabama. Built as the main residence and headqu ...

, Gallion, Alabama File:Moss mansion.jpg,

J. Mora Moss House J. Mora Moss House is a boldly romantic Carpenter Gothic style Victorian home located within Mosswood Park in Oakland, California. It was built in 1864, bought by Oakland in 1912 and documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1960 at ...

in Mosswood Park, Oakland, California

Ornamental use

File:Warren House, Newburgh NY.jpg, Warren House, Gothic Revival brick house with Carpenter Gothic trim and features, Newburgh, New York,

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Carpenter Gothic houses

The serious side of Carpenter Gothic: Richard Upjohn and St. Saviour's Church, Maspeth, Queens, New York

Village of Round Lake, New York

{{Architecture in the United States * Revival architectural styles American architectural styles Church architecture 19th-century architectural styles

History

Characteristics

Ornamental use

Geographic extent

Endangered Carpenter Gothic buildings

Relocation

Exterior alterations

"American Gothic"

Steamboat Gothic

Recent examples

Outside North America

Gallery

Churches, synagogues, etc.

Houses

Plain

Ornate

Ornamental use

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