Carpenter Gothic

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Gothic Revival substyle architectural style

Carpenter Gothic is a 19th-century North American architectural style that adapts Gothic Revival design elements into wooden structures, often featuring steep gables, pointed arches, and ornate wooden trim.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Carpenter Gothic canonical	2
Carpenter's Gothic	2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Gothic Revival substyle ⓘ architectural style ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Carpenter’s Gothic NERFINISHED ⓘ Rural Gothic NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalMovement	Gothic Revival NERFINISHED ⓘ
characteristic	adaptation of masonry Gothic forms into wood ⓘ emphasis on verticality ⓘ picturesque silhouettes ⓘ use of scroll-sawn ornament ⓘ
continentOfOrigin	North America NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasExample	American farmhouses with steep gables and ornate bargeboards ⓘ American rural churches of the mid-19th century ⓘ
historicalContext	19th-century expansion of rural North America ⓘ availability of scroll saw technology ⓘ spread of mass-produced millwork ⓘ
inception	19th century ⓘ mid-19th century ⓘ
influencedBy	English Gothic Revival architecture ⓘ medieval Gothic architecture ⓘ pattern book architecture ⓘ
region	rural United States ⓘ small towns in North America ⓘ
relatedTo	Gothic Revival architecture in the United States ⓘ Stick style NERFINISHED ⓘ Victorian architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
typicalBuildingType	farmhouse ⓘ parsonage ⓘ rural house ⓘ schoolhouse ⓘ small church ⓘ
typicalElement	bargeboards ⓘ board-and-batten siding ⓘ cross-gabled roofs ⓘ decorative finials ⓘ lancet windows ⓘ ornate wooden trim ⓘ pinnacles ⓘ pointed arches ⓘ pointed-arch doorways ⓘ pointed-arch windows ⓘ porches with decorative brackets ⓘ steeply pitched gables ⓘ tracery-inspired woodwork ⓘ vergeboards ⓘ
typicalMaterial	timber ⓘ wood ⓘ
usedBy	builders without formal architectural training ⓘ local carpenters ⓘ

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Subject: Carpenter Gothic
Description of subject: Carpenter Gothic is a 19th-century North American architectural style that adapts Gothic Revival design elements into wooden structures, often featuring steep gables, pointed arches, and ornate wooden trim.

Referenced by (4)

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

Key West Historic District → hasArchitecturalStyle → Carpenter Gothic ⓘ

William Gaddis → notableWork → Carpenter Gothic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Carpenter's Gothic

William Gaddis → wrote → Carpenter Gothic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Carpenter's Gothic

Kingscote → architecturalStyle → Carpenter Gothic ⓘ