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 ⓘ