Gilded Age architecture

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Gilded Age architecture is a lavish, highly ornamented American architectural style from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, characterized by grandiose mansions, eclectic historic revival elements, and displays of extreme wealth.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural style
associatedWith American industrial wealth
Gilded Age
conspicuous consumption
robber barons
social elites
contrastedWith Progressive Era reform architecture
early modernist architecture
countryOfOrigin United States
endTime circa 1910
follows Beaux-Arts architecture
High Victorian Gothic
linked to: Gothic Revival

Italianate architecture
Queen Anne architecture
linked to: Queen Anne Revival

Renaissance Revival architecture
linked to: Renaissance Revival

Romanesque Revival architecture
Second Empire architecture
linked to: Second Empire

Victorian architecture
hasCharacteristic ballrooms and grand entertaining spaces
decorative plasterwork
display of extreme wealth
eclectic historic revival elements
elaborate interior decoration
extensive use of stone and brick
formal gardens and terraces
formal symmetry in many designs
grand scale
integration of European aristocratic imagery
large entrance halls
lavish ornamentation
mansard roofs in some examples
monumental staircases
ornate facades
rich wood paneling
stained glass windows
turrets and towers in some examples
use of expensive materials
heritageStatus many examples designated as National Historic Landmarks
many examples listed on the National Register of Historic Places
influenced country house architecture in the United States
early 20th-century American mansion design
later historicist luxury architecture
influencedBy Baroque architecture
linked to: Baroque

French Beaux-Arts tradition
French Renaissance architecture
linked to: French Renaissance

Gothic Revival architecture
linked to: Gothic Revival

Italian Renaissance architecture
Romanesque architecture
classical architecture
notableArchitect Carrère and Hastings
Charles Follen McKim
George B. Post
H. H. Richardson
McKim, Mead & White
Peabody & Stearns
Richard Morris Hunt
Stanford White
notableExample Biltmore Estate, Asheville
linked to: Biltmore Estate

Boston Public Library McKim Building
Carnegie Mansion, New York
Flagler Museum (Whitehall), Palm Beach
linked to: Flagler Museum

Frick Mansion, New York
Marble House, Newport
linked to: Marble House

Morgan Library & Museum building, New York
New York Public Library Main Branch
Ochre Court, Newport
linked to: Ochre Court

Rosecliff, Newport
linked to: Rosecliff

The Breakers, Newport
linked to: The Breakers

The Elms, Newport
Vanderbilt Mansion, Hyde Park
socialFunction representation of new industrial fortunes
setting for elite social events
symbol of social status
startTime circa 1870
timePeriod early 20th century
late 19th century
typicalLocation Berkshires, Massachusetts
linked to: The Berkshires

Chicago
Fifth Avenue, Manhattan
linked to: Fifth Avenue

Hudson River Valley
linked to: Hudson Valley

Long Island Gold Coast
New York City
Newport, Rhode Island
San Francisco
usedFor clubhouses
hotels
institutional buildings
mansions
museums
public libraries
resorts
urban townhouses

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Florham estate architecturalStyle Gilded Age architecture
Natirar Mansion architecturalStyle Gilded Age architecture