THREE MOVEMENTS IN ARCHITECTURE SERIES Gothic Revival Christ Church LOCATION: 620 G Street, SE, Washington, D.C. ARCHITECT: Henry Latrobe CONSTRUCTED: 1806 LOOK FOR: • central tower • rose window • pointed lancet windows • grouped, blind lancet windows • crenellated roofline (the pattern of indentations on roofline) NOTES: • Early example of Gothic Revival in the United States • For more information, visit http://www.washingtonparish.org/article.php?id=29 Christ Church + Washington Parish. Photo courtesy Christ Church + Washington Parish. Smithsonian Castle LOCATION: National Mall, Washington, D.C. ARCHITECT: James Renwick, Jr. CONSTRUCTED: 1847-55 LOOK FOR: • multiple towers with battlements (indentations) • Made of red sandstone • oriel window (projecting window) in the central mass NOTES: • Architecture is a revival of Norman architecture, 12-century Gothic architecture and late Romanesque architecture • For more information, visit http://www.si.edu/Museums/smithsonian-institution-building Smithsonian Castle. Photo by Ken Rahaim. Courtesy Smithsonian Institution. President Lincoln’s Cottage at Soldier’s Home LOCATION: Rock Creek Church Road, NW and Upshur Street, NW, Washington, D.C. ARCHITECT: John Skirving CONSTRUCTED: 1842-43 LOOK FOR: • fretwork on the vergeboard or bargeboard (the decorative carved woodwork along the eaves) on gabled roof ends • diamond-shaped glass panes in some of the windows • pointed arch doorway NOTES: • Example of Cottage Gothic popularized by architects A.J. Downing and A.J. Davis • Gothic Revival nature resides more in details than overall plan or feel • For more information, visit http://www.lincolncottage.org/ President Lincoln’s Cottage at Soldier’s Home. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith. Courtesy President Lincoln’s Cottage. GOTHIC REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Christ ChurchLOCATION: 620 G Street, SE, Washington, D.C.ARCHITECT: Henry LatrobeCONSTRUCTED: 1806LOOK FOR:• central tower • rose window • pointed lancet windows • grouped, blind lancet windows • crenellated roofline (the pattern of indentations on roofline)NOTES:• Early example of Gothic Revival in the United States• For more information, visit

http://www.washingtonparish.org/article.php?id=29

Christ Church + Washington Parish. Photo courtesy Christ Church + Washington Parish.

Smithsonian CastleLOCATION: National Mall, Washington, D.C.ARCHITECT: James Renwick, Jr. CONSTRUCTED: 1847-55LOOK FOR:• multiple towers with battlements (indentations)• Made of red sandstone• oriel window (projecting window) in the central massNOTES: • Architecture is a revival of Norman architecture, 12-century Gothic

architecture and late Romanesque architecture• For more information, visit

http://www.si.edu/Museums/smithsonian-institution-buildingSmithsonian Castle. Photo by Ken Rahaim. Courtesy Smithsonian Institution.

President Lincoln’s Cottage at Soldier’s HomeLOCATION: Rock Creek Church Road, NW and Upshur Street, NW, Washington, D.C.ARCHITECT: John SkirvingCONSTRUCTED: 1842-43LOOK FOR: • fretwork on the vergeboard or bargeboard (the decorative carved

woodwork along the eaves) on gabled roof ends• diamond-shaped glass panes in some of the windows • pointed arch doorwayNOTES:• Example of Cottage Gothic popularized by architects A.J. Downing

and A.J. Davis• Gothic Revival nature resides more in details than overall plan or feel• For more information, visit http://www.lincolncottage.org/

President Lincoln’s Cottage at Soldier’s Home. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith. Courtesy President Lincoln’s Cottage.

GOTHIC REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Healy Hall, Georgetown UniversityLOCATION: Georgetown University main campus, Washington, D.C.ARCHITECTS: Smithmeyer and Pelz CONSTRUCTED: 1877-79 LOOK FOR: • Symmetrical exterior • attenuated central clock tower• exuberant roof line and towers• intricate tracery on exterior• extensive use of carved wood on interiorNOTE: • Hallmark of High Victorian Gothic period • For more information, visit http://maps.georgetown.edu/healyhall/

Healy Hall. Georgetown University Campus. Photo courtesy Georgetown University.

Washington National CathedralLOCATION: Wisconsin and Massachusetts Avenues, NW, Washington, D.C. ARCHITECTS: George Frederick Bodley (1907), Henry Vaughan (1907-17), Frohman, Robb & Little (1921-44), Philip H. Frohman (1944-72) CONSTRUCTED: 1907-1990LOOK FOR:• twin towers• Latin-cross plan• extensive tracery stonework• prominent Rose Window• clustered columns, vaulting, and tripartite division of the nave

elevations NOTE:• Example of an archeologically-correct Gothic Revival typical of the

early twentieth century• This Gothic Revival cathedral reads as architecture that could have

existed in 12th or 13th century Europe• Made of Indiana limestone, a white stone commonly used in this kind

of Gothic Revival• For more information, visit http://www.cathedral.org/

Washington National Cathedral. Photo courtesy Washington National Cathedral.

GOTHIC REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.