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Lily of the Valley National Historic District |
Gothic Revival Style Architecture in the Lily of the Valley District (1840-1880)
Grace Episcopal Church (Circa 1904) 216 Center Street The Gothic Revival style was popular between 1840-1860 for houses, but never as popular as Greek or Italianate styles. It remained popular for churches nationally through the 1940s. Most abundant in the Northeast. Style began in England 1749 to romanticize medieval styles. The first American Gothic house: by Andrew Jackson Davis, 1832, in Baltimore. Davis was the first American architect to promote Gothic style, in his book: "Rural Residences. Gothic was mostly promoted as a rural style, not urban, since it didn't fit typical city lots. Characterized by steeply pitched roof, cross-gabled, decorated vergeboards, pointed-arch windows, sometimes stained glass, like churches. Gothic window above entry, one-story porch with flattened, Gothic arches. The first appearance of picturesque (asymmetrical and unpredictable) floor plans, indicating the rise of the Romantic Era in America. Additional examples of Gothic Revival buildings in the Historic District
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