Shingle Style

Shingle Style in Buffalo, New York
1880-1900
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Shingle Style House in Schenectady, NY
Architects rebelled against Victorian fussiness when they designed rustic Shingle Style homes, popular in the Northeastern United States between 1874 and 1910.

Shingle Style
The Shingle style originated in the trendy northeastern coastal resort towns of Cape Cod, Massachusetts and Newport, Rhode Island in the 1870s.

Shingle Style: Shingle Style houses (1880-1900) originated in the upper-class summer resort communities of New England. These large examples are rambling, asymmetrical structures with various gables, porches, towers, etc.

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A new Replica shingle Queen Anne house opposite Queen's Park in New Westminster, British Columbia ...

A typical shingle style design has an asymmetrical facade with multi-level eaves. Walls are finished in shingles with no interruption of corner boards. Roofs in general are steeply pitched and have intersecting cross gables.

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Shingle Style - Late 19th century US style involving cladding houses with shingles, or wooden tiles, over timber frames
Silhouette - Shadow outline filled in with black or other colour: an outline showing against a contrasting background.

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