High Victorian Gothic
A late 19th century form of the Gothic Revival style, which freely mixed French and Italian Gothic styles with the various English Gothic styles; influenced by the writings of the English medievalist John Ruskin (1819-1900), who advocated emulating Venetian Gothic buildings in the Stones of Venice (1851-53); characterized by complex, polychrome masonry exteriors, often with bays, towers, and turrets; typically with contrasting colors and/or textures of brick or stone, especially as horizontal bands and arch voussoirs in alternating colors; used most commonly for churches and public buildings. Also known as Victorian Gothic, terminus. See also Collegiate Gothic, Ruskinian. Photo from Boston, Massachusetts, 2022. (Bucher, 1996)