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Gravel walking paths wind through an eclectic mix of Carpenter Gothic cottages, ramblers, American Foursquares, Cape Cods and Craftsman bungalows.

Before coming out as gay, David had been briefly married to Julie Fiske, who now lives outside Boston in a house that “loomed above the houses around it with turrets and porches and ornamentation that bridged the architectural gap between Queen Anne and Carpenter Gothic. It was a hodgepodge on which nothing looked precisely right, but which, taken as a whole, exuded the chaotic appeal of a cheerful drunk welcoming you, martini in hand. Come on in! Have a cocktail. Don’t mind the mess.”

It was a humble cottage in the Carpenter Gothic style, typical for that era with one exception: beneath the steeply pitched roof was a pointed-arch window normally found adorning churches.

Southworth, who had strong features and what were described as “bright, dark” eyes, lived in a Carpenter Gothic house at 36th and Prospect streets, in Georgetown, which she called Prospect Cottage.

The renovated theater maintains the original carpenter gothic architecture.