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The story of American Gothic 1 In August of 1930, Grant Wood was visiting the town of Eldon in the southern part of Iowa when he came upon a house in a style known as Carpenter Gothic哥特式风格的房子. This five-room structure was built in the 1880s. Wood was very impressed with its compactness and strong design, particularly the Gothic Window placed in the gable (尖顶屋两端的)山形墙. Wood imagined a farmer and his daughter standing in front of the house. He had someone take a photograph of the house so that he could work out his idea when he returned home. Back in his studio, Wood used old Victorian photograph