Fairy-Tale ‘Carpenter Gothic Victorian’ Hits the Market on Long Island’s Shelter Island

A Victorian home in one of the Northeast's best-preserved historic summer destinations has come on the market in Shelter Island Heights, NY, for $2.99 million.Built around 1875, the home at 13 Spring Garden Ave. sits within the Shelter Island Heights Historic District, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. The Heights began in the early 1870s as a planned summer community; today, the district includes more than 140 historic buildings."It's a classic Carpenter Gothic Victorian, the style the Heights is known for," says listing agent Douglas Cabral of Century 21 Excelsior Realty. Loading...The home was built in 1875, with an ornate wooden exterior meant to mimic the style of earlier Gothic stone homes.EPM Real Estate PhotographyLoading...Views from the home's wraparound porchEPM Real Estate PhotographyLoading...Inside the main living room spaceEPM Real Estate PhotographyThe term refers to a style in which 19th-century carpenters sought to re-create the ornate stonework of Gothic architecture using wood. That craftsmanship is most visible on the facade, where a wraparound front porch trimmed with hand-carved arches leads up to a covered second-floor balc...