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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Gothic Revival architecture
architectural style
adaptationOf Gothic forms to modern academic buildings
alsoKnownAs Collegiate Gothic Revival
architecturalElement battlement
buttress
cloister
ornamented stonework
pointed arch
quadrangle courtyard
tower
tracery
turret
associatedWithConcept academic tradition
campus identity
scholarly prestige
associatedWithInstitutionType residential college
countryOfPrimaryUse United States
developedInPeriod early 20th century
late 19th century
feature buttressed entrance
crenellation
gargoyle
grotesque
lead-glass window
ornamental carving
ornamental finial
stained-glass window
steeply pitched roof
traceried window
vaulted ceiling
geographicFocus North American universities
United States college campuses
inspiredBy English Perpendicular Gothic
Oxbridge collegiate architecture
medieval Gothic architecture
peakPopularity early 20th century
typicalBuildingType administration building
chapel
classroom building
dormitory
library
typicalMaterial brick with stone trim
limestone
sandstone
stone
usedFor college campuses
university campuses


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