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Gothic Revival in the USA

Lyndhurst in Tarrytown, New York

Lyndhurst in Tarrytown, New York

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Across the Atlantic, American builders began to borrow elements of British Gothic Revival architecture. New York architect Alexander Jackson Davis was evangelical about the ecclesiastical Gothic Revival style. He published floor plans and three-dimensional views in his 1837 book, Rural Residences. His design for Lyndhurst, an imposing country estate in Tarrytown, New York, became a showplace for Victorian Gothic architecture in the United States.

Of course, most people could not afford a massive stone estate like Lyndhurst. In the United States, more humble versions of Gothic Revival architecture evolved.

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