Shingle Style (1874 – 1910s)
Rustic Shingle Style houses shunned Victorian fussiness.
History:
Shingle Style houses can take on many forms. Some have tall turrets, suggestive of Queen Anne architecture. Some have gambrel roofs, Palladian windows, and other Colonial Revival details. Some Shingle houses have features borrowed from Tudor, Gothic and Stick styles. But, unlike those styles, Shingle architecture is relaxed and informal. Shingle houses do not have the lavish decorations that were popular during the Victorian era.
The term “Shingle Style” was coined because these homes are usually sided in rustic cedar shingles. However, not all Shingle Style houses are shingle-sided. You will recognize them by their complicated shapes and rambling, informal floor plans.
Features:
Continuous wood shingles on siding and roof
Irregular roof line
Cross gables
Eaves on several levels
Porches
Asymmetrical floor plan
Some Shingle Style homes also have these features:
Wavy wall surface
Patterned shingles
Squat half-towers
Palladian windows
Rough hewn stone on lower stories
Stone arches over windows and porches
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