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The Horne Residence: A Milton Grenfell Carpenter Gothic Home
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With the coming of the railroads and the rapid industrialization of the United States, with its soot choked cities and growing slums, there arose among many a nostalgia for times past. At the same time, the popularity of novels by Sir Walter Scott, set in the days of gallant knights and fair ladies, helped develop a taste for Medieval England. One manner in which these sentiments expressed themselves was through the popularity of Gothic styled domestic architecture. With America’s abundant forests, this style usually expressed itself in wood in what is often referred to as “Carpenter Gothic.” To guide this architecture many turned to popular “pattern books”, especially those by Batty Langley, A.J. Downing, and Calvert Vaux.
Horne Residence interior, 2003; Milton Grenfell, architect.
Grenfell Carpenter Gothic
The Horne Residence, 2003; Milton Grenfell, architect.
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