Talk:Southgate–Lewis House

Architectural style.

This is not a stick style, nor gothic revival, nor…. Qwirkle (talk) 02:54, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

If one follows the link to the National Register Information # 85002265 for the Southgate-Lewis House, The National Register of Historic Places specifically states that the Architectural Style is "GOTHIC."

https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/85002265

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…which, the reader may note, may bring up a page that points out that this PDF has not been digitized. Qwirkle (talk) 22:29, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

PS:Four tildes ”~~~~” will leave a signature and a date stamp.

The "GOTHIC" is in the asset metadata there. Yes, it's sad that that asset has not been digitized. Dicklyon (talk) 03:29, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

@DGAAustin and Qwirkle: I suggest we bring the discussion from User talk:DGAAustin to here. Dicklyon (talk) 03:26, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

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@DGAAustin, Qwirkle, and Dicklyon:

As per the suggestion of User:Dicklyon, I have cut and pasted this item.

I will try to organize a picture.

DGAAustin

DGAAustin (talk) 13:36, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

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Hello again User:Dicklyon,

I would like to address both you and User:Qwirkle simultaneously -- and all of Wikipedia -- in a new section, but I really do not know how to accomplish such a communication.

I wonder if you might be able to find the time to look at a photograph of a house – in light of the opinion of User:Qwirkle, concerning the categorization of style.

This photograph shows a very simple Stick Style house. It is not a "fancy" version of a Stick Style House. However, it was designed by none other "than acclaimed American architect Frank Furness".

Allow me to quote from the article:

" The house shown here is an especially fine example of Victorian Stick architecture. Designed by architect Frank Furness, the house has "stickwork," or decorative half-timbering, on the exterior walls. Other features include prominent brackets, rafters, and braces. These details are not necessary structurally. They are decorations ... "

(If I knew how to include a photograph of the house here I would do so.)

Here is the Link:

https://www.thoughtco.com/house-style-guide-american-home-4065233

You will have to scroll down quite a ways. It is photograph number 17. It is the simple little two story yellow house. They use it as their **prototypical example** of "Stick Style".

" an especially fine example of Victorian Stick architecture "

More fancy versions of Stick Style (which I presume User:Qwirkle has in mind when he thinks of this style) can be found. Here is one such link:

https://www.oldhouseonline.com/house-tours/a-study-of-stick-style/

Thank you,

Duane

DGAAustin

DGAAustin (talk) 00:17, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

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Comparison with the prototypical example illustrates nearly identical "Stick-Work".

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File:Comparison of a prototypical illustration of Victorian Stick architecture with the Southgate-Lewis House.jpg

Comparison of a prototypical example of Victorian Stick architecture with the Southgate-Lewis House.