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.

2023年4月7日 · These homes are known as “Carpenter Gothic,” and are the American working class’s homage to the “old world” masterpieces — on a budget – that were introduced in the late-19th century and spread across North America, due mainly to the abundance of timber available everywhere except the desert Southwest.

2017年6月8日 · In 1930, the artist Grant Wood depicted a Carpenter Gothic house in his best-known painting, the famous American Gothic. It is based on a real house Wood spotted in Eldon, Iowa, and sketched on the back of an envelope. The wooden house, with its medieval-style window, rises behind the grim-looking man and woman.

2022年9月8日 · Throughout the period, 1873 to 1930, the chosen style for the Chautaqua house was Carpenter Gothic. In one community alone, Bay View, Michigan (founded, 1873), there are 440 Gothicesque cottages, mostly Carpenter in style.

Following the advice of contemporary landscape architect and author of Andrew J. Downing, the picturesque Gothic Cottage displays board and batten or clapboard siding, pointed-arched windows, a steeply pitched roof, and some "gingerbread" decoration. Its chief characteristics are a steep central gable and a one-story veranda.

2022年9月27日 · Surprisingly affordable, neat and tidy, this pretty three-bedroom, 2,188 square foot home offers an open floor plan that allows the spacious feeling of a much larger house. Though not pictured here, interior details are rich but simple, beautiful without being fussy.

2024年2月19日 · Dating back to 1847, this single-family home is a testament to the enduring charm of yesteryears, combining historical significance with modern comfort. Constructed in the mid-19th century and set on 0.35 acres, this property has evolved through decades, encapsulating its environment’s essence.

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 …

2014年8月31日 · At the center of town is a collection of brightly painted, highly ornamented small cottages that are some of America’s finest examples of an architectural style called Carpenter Gothic, a...

New England architect Andrew Jackson Downing popularized the style with his published pattern books Cottage Residences (1842) and Country Houses (1850). The architecture is described as appropriate to the picturesque with asymmetrical massing, described as …