Gothic revival Gothic revival

Used everywhere from castles to cottagesPointed arches Steep roofsWall dormersCurvilinear gingerbread trimTracery windowsTowers with battlements

Trinity church, NYC

St. Patrick’s cathedral

Brooklyn Bridge 1869-1883

Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn

Lyndhurst Mansion, Tarrytown

Rose Cottage, Woodstock, Ct.

Victorian Gothic 1860-1890Victorian Gothic 1860-1890

Polychrome exterior finishPointed archesOrnamental bricks, terra cotta tile, incised

carvings and geometric patterns used for decoration

Massive gable, porch and eave trim

Converse house, norwich, ct.

Jefferson Market Courthouse, Greenwich Village

Chancellor Green Library, Princeton University

Semicircular arches Square or polygonal towers Various roof shapes monochromatic

First PresbyterianChurchGalveston, Texas

High roof lines, round arches, tower, clustered windows…

New York City brownstones…

Richardsonian romanesque 1870-1900

• The work of/influenced by Henry Hobson Richardson (1838-1886)

• Depends on mass, volume and scale

• Towers are short, chimneys are squat

• Often uses rusticated stone and polychrome

Trinity Church, Copley Square, BostonH.H. Richardson

Ames Library, North Easton, MA.

Allegheny County Courthouse, Pittsburg, Pa.