# Ralph Adams Cram — Sticks and Stones character guide

> Ralph Adams Cram in Sticks and Stones by Lewis Mumford.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Dr. Ralph Adams Cram, Cram, Dr. Cram

**First appearance:** 0036-iv

## Who they are

Gothic revival architect and writer on medievalism.

## In the story

### [The Defeat of Romanticism](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/chapters/v-the-defeat-of-romanticism)

Romanticist who believed hope for the movement required a return to 'Walled Towns.'

### [The Brooklyn Bridge and the Limits of Romanticism](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/chapters/iv)

Advocate of Gothic precedent and 'Walled Towns,' representing the romanticist retreat from the modern world.

### [The Imperial Age and Its Architectural Legacy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/chapters/iii)

Mentioned as a medievalist architect who could not divert the currents of the imperial age.

### [Architecture and Civilization](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/chapters/viii-architecture-and-civilization)

Cited as an architect who stood outside the currents of his time; his additions to West Point are mentioned as an isolated building of great esthetic interest.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/chapters/i)

Mentioned as an architect who stood outside his time, and later referenced for his work at West Point.

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