STEAMBOAT GOTHIC


Meaning of STEAMBOAT GOTHIC in English

Function: noun

Etymology: from its use in homes of retired steamboat captains in imitation of the style of river steamboats

Date: 1941

: an elaborately ornamented architectural style used in homes built in the middle 19th century in the Ohio and Mississippi river valleys

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