Premise: Ashcroft is a historic home located at Geneva in Ontario County, New York. It is a 2 ⁄ -story brick home with a high pitched slate roof with projecting eaves. It is a large Gothic Revival style country house set deep in the midst of once carefully landscaped grounds. The house and property were designed by Calvert Vaux in 1862.
Hypothesis: The gothic theme was chosen instead of rustic