Gilded Age architecture

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Gilded Age architecture is a lavish, highly ornamented American architectural style from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, characterized by grandiose mansions, eclectic historic revival elements, and displays of extreme wealth.

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instanceOf architectural style
associatedWith American industrial wealth
Gilded Age NERFINISHED
conspicuous consumption
robber barons
social elites
contrastedWith Progressive Era reform architecture
early modernist architecture
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
endTime circa 1910
follows Beaux-Arts architecture
High Victorian Gothic NERFINISHED
Italianate architecture
Queen Anne architecture NERFINISHED
Renaissance Revival architecture NERFINISHED
Romanesque Revival architecture
Second Empire architecture NERFINISHED
Victorian architecture NERFINISHED
hasCharacteristic ballrooms and grand entertaining spaces
decorative plasterwork
display of extreme wealth
eclectic historic revival elements
elaborate interior decoration
extensive use of stone and brick
formal gardens and terraces
formal symmetry in many designs
grand scale
integration of European aristocratic imagery
large entrance halls
lavish ornamentation
mansard roofs in some examples
monumental staircases
ornate facades
rich wood paneling
stained glass windows
turrets and towers in some examples
use of expensive materials
heritageStatus many examples designated as National Historic Landmarks
many examples listed on the National Register of Historic Places
influenced country house architecture in the United States
early 20th-century American mansion design
later historicist luxury architecture
influencedBy Baroque architecture NERFINISHED
French Beaux-Arts tradition
French Renaissance architecture NERFINISHED
Gothic Revival architecture NERFINISHED
Italian Renaissance architecture NERFINISHED
Romanesque architecture NERFINISHED
classical architecture
notableArchitect Carrère and Hastings NERFINISHED
Charles Follen McKim NERFINISHED
George B. Post NERFINISHED
H. H. Richardson NERFINISHED
McKim, Mead & White NERFINISHED
Peabody & Stearns NERFINISHED
Richard Morris Hunt NERFINISHED
Stanford White NERFINISHED
notableExample Biltmore Estate, Asheville NERFINISHED
Boston Public Library McKim Building NERFINISHED
Carnegie Mansion, New York NERFINISHED
Flagler Museum (Whitehall), Palm Beach NERFINISHED
Frick Mansion, New York NERFINISHED
Marble House, Newport NERFINISHED
Morgan Library & Museum building, New York NERFINISHED
New York Public Library Main Branch NERFINISHED
Ochre Court, Newport NERFINISHED
Rosecliff, Newport NERFINISHED
The Breakers, Newport NERFINISHED
The Elms, Newport NERFINISHED
Vanderbilt Mansion, Hyde Park NERFINISHED
socialFunction representation of new industrial fortunes
setting for elite social events
symbol of social status
startTime circa 1870
timePeriod early 20th century
late 19th century
typicalLocation Berkshires, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Chicago NERFINISHED
Fifth Avenue, Manhattan NERFINISHED
Hudson River Valley NERFINISHED
Long Island Gold Coast NERFINISHED
New York City NERFINISHED
Newport, Rhode Island NERFINISHED
San Francisco NERFINISHED
usedFor clubhouses
hotels
institutional buildings
mansions
museums
public libraries
resorts
urban townhouses

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Florham estate architecturalStyle Gilded Age architecture