Carpenter Gothic, also sometimes called Carpenter's Gothic or Rural Gothic, is a North American architectural style-designation for an application of Gothic Revival architectural detailing and picturesque massing applied to wooden structures built by house-carpenters. The abundance of North American timber and the carpenter-built vernacular architectures based upon it made a picturesque improvisation upon Gothic a natural evolution. Carpenter Gothic improvises upon features that were carved in stone in authentic Gothic architecture, whether original or in more scholarly revival styles; however, in the absence of the restraining influence of genuine Gothic structures, the style was freed to improvise and emphasize charm and quaintness rather than fidelity to received models. The genre received its impetus from the publication by Alexander Jackson Davis of Rural Residences and from detailed plans and elevations in publications by Andrew Jackson Downing.
St. Alban's Episcopal Church is an active parish in the Episcopal Diocese of New York, in the United States. The building is an historic Carpenter Gothic style church now located at 76 St. Alban's Place in Eltingville, Staten Island. It was built in 1865 as the Church of the Holy Comforter at what is now 3939 Richmond Avenue, the present site of the South Shore YMCA, and was designed by Richard Michell Upjohn, the son of the noted Carpenter Gothic architect, Richard Upjohn. In 1873, the building was split in half and moved to its present location, where it was re-assembled and expanded. In 1951, Holy Comforter absorbed the congregation of nearby St. Anne's Episcopal Church, Great Kills, and changed its name to St. Alban's. St. Anne's had been founded in 1929 as an offshoot of Holy Comforter.
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church is an historic Episcopal church located at 2067 Fifth Avenue at 127th Street in the neighborhood of Harlem in Manhattan, New York City. Built in 1872, it was designed by noted New York City architect Henry M. Congdon (1834–1922) in the Gothic Revival style. It features a 125 foot tall clock tower surmounted by a slate covered spire surrounded by four towerlets.
St. Mary's Episcopal Church, also known as the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, is an historic rectangular-shaped Carpenter Gothic style Episcopal church located at 5610 Dogwood Road in Woodlawn, Baltimore County, Maryland. Designed by the Baltimore architectural firm of Dixon and Carson, it was built in 1873. Its steeply pitched gable roof, board and batten siding, lancet windows and arched side entry way are all typical features of Carpenter Gothic churches.
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church is an historic Episcopal church building located northeast of Ridgeway, South Carolina, on County Road 106. Built of wood in 1854 in the Carpenter Gothic style, it was designed by the Rev. John Dewitt McCollough, who later became its rector. The exterior was painted a maroon color. In 1920, its exterior wood was covered by brick veneer, so that it appears today as a brick Gothic Revival style building on the outside while the interior retains its Carpenter Gothic features. A wing was added in the 1940s to create space for a parish hall and Sunday school.
Trinity Church, also known as Trinity Episcopal Church, is an historic Episcopal church in Warsaw, Wyoming County, New York. The Carpenter Gothic style frame church was built in 1853-1854 and closely follows the plan and elevations of a country church published by Richard Upjohn (1802–1878) in his book Upjohn's Rural Architecture (1852). Upjohn's connection with the design of the church has been confirmed by a letter dated December 30, 1853.
Christ Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church in Belvidere, Allegany County, New York. The Gothic Revival style frame church was built in 1860 and features Carpenter Gothic elements. It is a one-story board and batten clad rectangular structure with a slate gable roof.
St. John's Episcopal Church is a national historic district that consists of an Episcopal church complex located at Mount Morris in Livingston County, New York. The complex consists of the 1857 Gothic Revival brick church and an 1867 frame parsonage. The parsonage is constructed in the Carpenter Gothic style.
St. Peter's Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church at 19 Smith Street in Port Chester, Westchester County, New York. It was built in 1889–1890 and its exterior of bluestone, gray limestone, and brick with a slate roof is in a late Gothic Revival style. It features a large, square clock tower, which also serves as a porte cochere, ten Tiffany grisaille windows, and other Tiffany furniture including the altar rail and brass pulpit. The parish hall was built in the mid to late-1920s and is two and one half stories with a castellated parapet and gable roof. It includes a large auditorium with a raised stage.
The St. Peter's Episcopal Church Complex is a historic Episcopal church complex located at 169 Genesee Street in Auburn. The complex consists of the church, the Parish House, a cemetery, and a small burial plot.
St. Thomas Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church building located at 2720 Slaterville Road, east of the post office in Slaterville Springs in the town of Caroline, Tompkins County, New York. It was built in 1893 and is an example of the Carpenter Gothic style of architecture, sometimes called the High Victorian Gothic. It features include, a steeply sloped roof, lancet windows, lancet covered entry through a side steepled belfry, all of which are typical of the Carpenter Gothic style.
Grace Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church located at Whitney Point in Broome County, New York. It is a small wood framed church constructed in 1871 in the High Victorian Gothic style. It features a three-stage entrance tower surmounted by a spire and small wooden cross.
St. James' Church is a historic Episcopal church located at Cleveland in Oswego County, New York. It is a frame Gothic Revival style structure built in 1867. It is a 28-by-70-foot rectangular board and batten building composed of a nave, front entry, chancel, and tower which rests on a random coursed stone foundation.
Grace Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church at 116 City Island Avenue in The Bronx, New York, New York. The church was built in 1862 in the Carpenter Gothic style, and the rectory was built around that year in the Italian Villa style.
Trinity Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church located at Potsdam in St. Lawrence County, New York. It was built in 1835 in the Federal style with Gothic elements built of red Potsdam Sandstone. It was greatly enlarged and transformed into High Victorian Gothic style later in the 19th century, with less significant alterations continuing into the 20th century. The front facade of the church took its final form in 1886 and is a lavishly decorated Victorian Gothic creation, made possible by donations from Thomas S. Clarkson and his family. It features a 110-foot-tall (34 m), 19-by-19-foot four-level tower. Also on the property is a stone wall dating to 1870, a large cast iron urn dating to about 1880 and a cast iron lamppost on a sandstone base dating to 1880.
Christ Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church building located at Walton in Delaware County, New York. It was built in 1832 in the Federal Gothic style and received an overlay of Victorian period decoration in 1883. It is a wood frame structure and characterized by a rectangular meeting house plan, including a vestibule, nave, chancel, and sacristy. It features a steep gable roof and a central projecting entrance tower surmounted by a wooden belfry.
St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Evanston, Wyoming is a small church in the Carpenter Gothic style. The church was built in 1884–1885, and at the time was the only Protestant church in a community dominated by Mormons and Catholics. In its early history it hosted Lutherans, Methodists and Presbyterians in addition to its Episcopalian congregation.
St. Mark's Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church located at 204 S. King Street in Halifax, Halifax County, North Carolina. Built in 1855, it is a gable-front Carpenter Gothic style frame building. It has a steep gable roof, tall pyramidal spire, and board-and-batten siding.
St. James Episcopal Church and Rectory is an historic Carpenter Gothic-style Episcopal church and its rectory located in Kittrell, Vance County, North Carolina. It consists of a gable roof main block, three bays long, with a vestibule attached to the front and a small chapel added to the north end. Atop the roof is a belfry. It was built in 1872 and consecrated in 1878. The rectory is located directly behind the church and also has board and batten walls.
Trinity Episcopal Church is an Episcopal church in Litchfield, Minnesota, United States, built in 1871 in Carpenter Gothic style. It has been attributed to the noted New York architect Richard Upjohn. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 for having local significance in the theme of architecture. It was nominated as a superlative example of Carpenter Gothic design from the mid-19th century.
