Vintage Gingerbread
by Terry Davis
Title
Vintage Gingerbread
Artist
Terry Davis
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Art, Photo Painting, Photography
Description
I have a good friend who lives on Martha's Vineyard and when visiting her, we drove to Oak Bluffs to see the Gingerbread homes. How wonderfully quaint and exquisite they are - a "must see" if you get there.
The original cluster of 500 cottages was initially known as “Cottage City,” until the name was changed to Oak Bluffs in 1880. The charming storybook design is actually an architectural style called Carpenter’s Gothic that was popular at the time. But these individually decorated cottages, painted with bright and vivid colors with candy-like pillars and ornaments, became known as the “gingerbread houses.”
Today, 300 gingerbread houses remain in the Oak Bluffs Campground, as well as the Cottage Museum at the entrance to the village, which features a prototype cottage furnished as it would have looked in the 1800s. The tabernacle sits in the center of the complex, which still functions as a religious facility.
One night in August, the cottages are decorated with paper lanterns, making them even more magical. This tradition, which is called Grand Illumination Night, began in 1869.
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November 26th, 2020
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