Locals call this 1905 stone home in Wilmington, Delaware, 'The Gargoyle House' — Postles House looming ahead of you. Built in 1905, this is a three-story, T-shaped stone dwelling that announces itself with an architecture of deliberate drama. You can see its eclectic Tudor Gothic style elements at once: two-story polygonal bays that rise up the façade and are capped with battlements, steep parapeted gables that cut a jagged silhouette, and a slate roof that gives a cool, somber sheen to the whole composition.
Decorative wrought iron work picks out details and lends a handcrafted touch against the stone. Picture the building as both fortress and refined home, where medieval motifs were used for aesthetic effect at the turn of the last century. The property still includes a contributing carriage house, a reminder of how residents once arrived and moved about.
In recognition of its architectural character and preservation, the house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Picture those polygonal bays climbing to their battlements, the steep gables cutting the sky, and the carriage house waiting nearby.