Gothic Revival

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Gothic Revival: Holy Name Cathedral, Chicago

Houses of Parliament and Big Ben

Gothic-style facade of St. Patrick's Cathedral with twin spires, surrounded by modern skyscrapers in New York City.

The Tribune Tower in Chicago, a tall neo-Gothic skyscraper with ornate stonework and pointed spires, rises above trees and nearby buildings.

Figure 2: Social and economic considerations in interior design.(left) Elaborate mid-19th century dining room in the Gothic Revival style, Lyndhurst, Tarrytown New York, designed by Alexander J. Davis.

Houses of Parliament, London, a complex of Gothic Revival buildings designed by Sir Charles Barry and Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, 1837–60.

Figure 93: English secular architecture in the Gothic Revival style. (left) Midland Hotel at St. Pancras Station, London, by Sir George Gilbert Scott, 1867-74.

Gothic Revival style bargeboard on the New York Yacht Club House (currently in Mystic, Conn., U.S.), by Alexander Jackson Davis, 1846

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Gothic Revival, c. 1730–c. 1930

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Invalidated site: George Washington University - The Principles of Gothic Revival in England.	Grace Young	Oct 08, 2026
	Add new Web site: George Washington University - The Principles of Gothic Revival in England.	Grace Young	Oct 18, 2024
	Add new Web site: Victoria and Albert Museum - Stained glass: the Gothic Revival and beyond.	Grace Young	Sep 05, 2024
	Add new Web site: Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism - Gothic Revival.	Emily Rodriguez	Jul 09, 2024
	Add new Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - The Gothic Revival.	Gloria Lotha	Mar 22, 2024
	Add new Web site: Academia - The Gothic Revival (PDF).	Gloria Lotha	Jan 12, 2024
	Add new Web site: The Spruce - What is Gothic Revival Architecture?	Gloria Lotha	Sep 22, 2023
	Removed media.	Adam Augustyn	Dec 14, 2021
	Add new Web site: National Trust - What does Gothic Revival mean?	Gloria Lotha	Dec 20, 2020
	Media added.	Amy Tikkanen	Sep 08, 2016
	Media added.	Robert Lewis	Feb 22, 2016
	Add new Web site: The Victorian Web - Gothic Revival Architecture in Britain, the Empire, and Europe.	Yamini Chauhan	Feb 20, 2014
	Add new Web site: The Victorian Web - The Gothic Revival.	Vivek Abhinav	Dec 14, 2012
	Added new Web site: Britain Express - Gothic Revival Architecture.	Gloria Lotha	Aug 08, 2007
	Added new Web site: The Arts & Crafts Movement in Great Britain - Pugin and the Gothic Revival.	Gloria Lotha	Aug 08, 2007
	Added new Web site: National Association of Realators - Gothic Revival.	Gloria Lotha	Aug 08, 2007
	Added new Web site: Cornell Institute for Digital Collections - The Gothic Revival in England.	Gloria Lotha	Aug 08, 2007
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998