This is the City College of New York.
These old buildings really provide a scholarly backdrop.
Or they kind of look like they're Hogwarts It's the same here, at Princeton, the University of Chicago, Yale and a whole bunch of other American universities But... this architectural style was most popular between the 12th and 16th centuries - before any of these schools even existed!
So if these universities aren't as old... why is their architecture?
CHEDDAR NEWS Many of America's oldest colleges -- like Harvard or William & Mary-- don't really look that old.
Instead, they mostly resemble the colonial-style -- reflective of the centuries they were built in But others look straight out of the middle ages… Why?
Two words: Collegiate Gothic This was a revival of gothic architecture that swept across American colleges...
It took heavy inspiration from original gothic, which is recognizable by its pointed arches, Flying buttresses, Rib vaults, and the occasional stained glass window.
You know, like the Notre Dame, the Cathedral of Milan, Westminster Abbey..
Though the origins of the Gothic Revival movement in the US aren't super clear..
