Talk:Randolph School (Richmond, Virginia)

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Architect and architecture[edit]

I have added dubious tags to the Italianate designation, even though it's what's in the source. I think Second Empire would be more accurate. Fairmount School is described as Gothic Revival.

On a related issue, the timing suggests that Carl Ruehrmund might be the building's architect (article on Ruehrmund). The style of this German born architect seems pretty consistent with this building's architecture, and it definitely look like a more Northern European style than Italianate. Candleabracadabra (talk) 18:41, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Be that as it may, us assigning a style based on our interpretation of styles would be OR. Since this is in some respect a matter of interpretation, rather than absolute, we need to defer to the document. The building does have eaves supported by corbels, a low pitched roof, and a tower, so calling it Italianate isn't as wrong as calling it Art Deco would be, for example. Because it is a judgment call, I've deferred to the on-field officials, and removed the dubious tag. I did add a statement about what the "similar" fairmont school's style is. The reader may judge from the available data. Generic1139 (talk) 23:14, 7 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]