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A gingerbread house does not have to be an actual house, although it is the most common. It can be anything from a castle to a small cabin, or another kind of building, such as a church, an art museum, [ 13 ] or a sports stadium, [ 14 ] and other items, such as cars, gingerbread men and gingerbread women, can be made of gingerbread dough.
Gingerbread trim on a Victorian-era house in Cape May, New Jersey Gingerbread is an architectural style that consists of elaborately detailed embellishment known as gingerbread trim . [ 1 ] It is more specifically used to describe the detailed decorative work of American designers in the late 1860s and 1870s, [ 2 ] which was associated mostly ...
In 1899, the "Gingerbread House" at 1921 Bull Street in Savannah was completed, the work of Hawley Construction Company. Also known as the Asendorf House, [9] Asendorf had designed it in the Carpenter Gothic style, [10] and he retired shortly after his family moved in. They had lost another child in infancy in 1898, an event which almost led to ...
The holiday-themed edible house -- purportedly the first of its kind built outdoors (at least since "Hansel and Gretel") -- has set a Guinness World Record by being more than 39,000 cubic feet. AOL On
And, to set the record straight, gingerbread's history did not commence with the well-known fairy tale, Hansel and Gretel, published in 1812. It's been said that gingerbread can be traced back as ...
During the holiday season, gingerbread exhibits and contests pop up all over the world showcasing some uncanny, imaginative, and downright outrageous creations made from the Christmas cookie.
The Gingerbread House (also known as the Cord Asendorf House) is a home in Savannah, Georgia, United States. It is located at 1921 Bull Street, in the city's Victorian Historic District, and was built in 1899. It was built for Cord Asendorf Sr., a prominent Savannah merchant. He also designed the house.
Kraków gingerbread is the traditional style of the former Polish capital. In the Czech Republic, gingerbread is called perník and it is a popular Christmas biscuit and a decoration. Common shapes include hearts, stars and animals and gingerbread houses are also popular. Towns associated with perník include Pardubice [26] and Miletín.