American Gothic Revival movement

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Gothic Revival architectural movement

The American Gothic Revival movement was a 19th- and early 20th-century architectural trend in the United States that reinterpreted medieval Gothic forms—such as pointed arches, ribbed vaults, and ornate tracery—for churches, universities, and civic buildings, emphasizing verticality, craftsmanship, and spiritual or moral ideals.

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Surface form	Occurrences
American Gothic Revival	1
Gothic Revival in the United States	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Gothic Revival ⓘ architectural movement ⓘ
aimedAt	expressing moral values through architecture ⓘ expressing religious values through architecture ⓘ
appliedTo	educational architecture ⓘ government architecture ⓘ religious architecture ⓘ residential architecture ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Gothic Revival ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endTime	early 20th century ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	emphasis on craftsmanship ⓘ emphasis on verticality ⓘ moral ideals ⓘ ornate tracery ⓘ pointed arches ⓘ ribbed vaults ⓘ spiritual ideals ⓘ
hasElement	board-and-batten siding ⓘ buttressed walls ⓘ buttresses ⓘ clustered columns ⓘ crenellations ⓘ decorated gables ⓘ finials ⓘ hammerbeam roofs ⓘ hood moldings ⓘ label stops ⓘ lancet windows ⓘ ornamental woodwork ⓘ pinnacles ⓘ pointed arch doorways ⓘ polychromatic stonework ⓘ quatrefoil motifs ⓘ stained glass windows ⓘ steeply pitched roofs ⓘ tower and spire compositions ⓘ traceried bargeboards ⓘ tracery windows ⓘ trefoil motifs ⓘ vaulted interiors ⓘ
hasTheme	historicism ⓘ moral reform ⓘ romanticism ⓘ spiritual uplift ⓘ
influencedBy	medieval Gothic architecture ⓘ
startTime	early 19th century ⓘ
usedFor	church architecture ⓘ civic buildings ⓘ university architecture ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson → architecturalMovement → American Gothic Revival movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gothic Revival in the United States

Church of the Advent, Boston (additions and alterations) → associatedArchitecturalMovement → American Gothic Revival movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Gothic Revival

Ralph Adams Cram (architectural partnership) → era → American Gothic Revival movement ⓘ