Collegiate Gothic
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Collegiate Gothic is an architectural style used primarily on American university campuses that adapts medieval Gothic forms—such as pointed arches, towers, and ornamented stonework—to modern academic buildings.
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Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gothic Revival architecture
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architectural style → |
| adaptationOf |
Gothic forms to modern academic buildings
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| alsoKnownAs |
Collegiate Gothic Revival
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| architecturalElement |
battlement
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buttress → cloister → ornamented stonework → pointed arch → quadrangle courtyard → tower → tracery → turret → |
| associatedWithConcept |
academic tradition
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campus identity → scholarly prestige → |
| associatedWithInstitutionType |
residential college
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| countryOfPrimaryUse |
United States
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| developedInPeriod |
early 20th century
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late 19th century → |
| feature |
buttressed entrance
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crenellation → gargoyle → grotesque → lead-glass window → ornamental carving → ornamental finial → stained-glass window → steeply pitched roof → traceried window → vaulted ceiling → |
| geographicFocus |
North American universities
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United States college campuses → |
| inspiredBy |
English Perpendicular Gothic
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Oxbridge collegiate architecture → medieval Gothic architecture → |
| peakPopularity |
early 20th century
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| typicalBuildingType |
administration building
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chapel → classroom building → dormitory → library → |
| typicalMaterial |
brick with stone trim
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limestone → sandstone → stone → |
| usedFor |
college campuses
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university campuses → |
Referenced by (22)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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City College of New York
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College of the Holy Cross campus → Duke Chapel → Hart House → James Gamble Rogers → Lanman-Wright Hall → Lawrance Hall → Lincoln Hall (Cornell University) → Old Campus ("Collegiate Gothic architecture") → Phelps Hall → Saybrook College → Stimson Hall → West Campus → Yale Law School building → Yale University Art Gallery → Yale University campus → |
architecturalStyle |
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Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue
("Gothic Revival architecture")
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James Gamble Rogers → Ralph Adams Cram → |
movement |
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Collegiate Gothic
("Collegiate Gothic Revival")
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alsoKnownAs |
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James Gamble Rogers
("Collegiate Gothic architecture")
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fieldOfWork |
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Ralph Adams Cram
("American collegiate Gothic style")
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influenced |