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Gothic
Revival
Style
630 Seventh Avenue SW, c. 1878
The Gothic Revival style was inspired by the wave of Romanticism that swept across the western world. This Romantic Movement started in England and recalled the Christian Medieval past as described in books by Sir Walter Scott. It borrowed elements from Gothic cathedrals such as pointed arch windows and door openings and steeply pitched gable roofs. It was popular from about 1860-1890. The main elements of the style include:
- Steep-pitched gable roof
- Pointed arched window and door openings
- Jigsaw cut decorative elements
- Wall dormers
- Bay windows
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