The style began appearing in the United States, particularly New York, in the early 1860s with the work of English-born architects Frederick Clarke Withers, Jacob Wrey Mould, and Americans Edward Tuckerman Potter and Peter Bonnett Wight. By 1870, the style became popular nationwide for civic, commercial, and religious architecture, though was uncommon for residential structures.McAlester, p. 200 It was frequently used for what became the "Old Main" of various schools and universities in the late 19th century United States.Browning, pp. 300–301 The Stick Style is sometimes considered the wooden manifestation of the High Victorian Gothic style.McAlester, p. 256
