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Newburgh Rotch House, New Bedford, Mass., designed by Alexander Jackson Davis, 1845ā€“47? 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. Mae Jemison 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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Alexander Jackson Davis

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Alexander Jackson Davis (born July 24, 1803, New York, N.Y., U.S.ā€”died Jan. 14, 1892, West Orange, N.J.) was an American architect, designer, draftsman, and illustrator who was best known for his innovative, picturesque country houses. He helped establish the familiar type of American rural house in the ā€œcarpenter Gothicā€ style of the mid-19th century. Davis became a skilled architectural draftsman and came to know the architect Ithiel Town, whose partner he became in 1829. The...

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