The Londond Underground HQ building 55 Broadway, at which I once worked, has a few art deco gargoyles:




These are "Night" and "Northwind" respectively.

I have certainly seen Frankenstien presented as a work of SF, and I remember it being classsified as part of the Romantic movement.

The thing you can extract from other people's problems is principles which are applicable to your own. Simulation is a powerful tool.