Indeed, if a gentleman did not have a genuine Gothic ruin on his estate, he could construct one, complete with hastily planted ivy and overgrowth-in short, instant antiquity. At first the style was not a serious one, being confined largely to garden pavilions and an appreciation of ruins. England turned to its Gothic past with renewed interest in the mid-eighteenth century. Of course, any analysis of the Gothic Revival must begin in the country of its origin. Like Southerners on the whole, Louisianans clung tenaciously to the beloved white- columned Greek Revival. There was even a Gothic doghouse built in Maine!2 A notable deviance in Louisiana from the national norm was the unpopularity of the style for residences. Like the Greek Revival, the Gothic Revival was embraced for a wide range of buildings, from churches, to residences, to schools, to prisons. Indeed, in disparaging one "sham" Gothic castle, the Louisiana Statehouse, Mark Twain blamed Sir Walter Scott, who had "run the people mad" with his "medieval romances."1 To those unconcerned about its moral implications, the style conjured up romantic images of medieval England. Regarded by its proponents as "truthful" and inherently Christian, the Gothic Revival emerged in America during the 1840s as a popular alternative to the Greek Revival. Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame & NWLA History Museum.Poverty Point Station Archaeology ProgramĬities With DCRT Meeting Rental/Event Facilities.Archaeology Outreach & Heritage Education.Preserving Louisiana's Natural Landscape.Providing Louisiana Recreational Resources.Competitive Grant Program for Marketing.Louisiana State Museum's Calendar of EventsĪgencies in the Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism Agencies in the Dept.Louisiana State Park's Calendar of Events.Louisiana Travel's Calendar of Festivals and Events.Busses carrying riverboat passengers to Louisiana sites signals an important step in tourism recovery.Top two seafood harvesting states joining forces in partnership and future support.25 Louisiana Main Street communities earn 2021 National Accreditation.Chef Tory McPhail crowned the King of Kings at the 14th Annual Louisiana Seafood Cook-Off.Delta Airlines evolved from a crop dusting operation in Monroe.