Architectural Styles

Shingle

Alt names / subperiods 

Timeline

Distinguishing Features

Geographic Presence

American Shingle

 

Wikipedia

1876-1900

  • Wooden shingles cladding
  • complex, asymmetrical rooflines,
  • gables
  • dormers
  • sweeping eaves
  • open floor plans
  • porches
  • verandas
  • terraces
  • handcrafted details
  • built-in furniture
  • exposed beams
  • artistic woodwork
  • USA

Common Building Types

Landmark buildings

Historic Accommodation Types

Accommodation Examples

  • Cottages
  • summer houses
  • residences
  • clubs
  • retreats
  • William G. Low House Rhode Island
  • William Watts Sherman House, Newport, Rhode Island
  • Isaac Bell House, in Newport, Rhode Island
  • William H. D. McKim House Newport
  • Peabody and Stearns Houses Massachusetts
  • Kragsyde.
  • Brookline Arts Center – Former Fire Station
  • Loring-Sherburne House
  • Frank and Laura Carter House
  • Reed-Fitzgerald House
  • Dorchester Temple Baptist Church
  • Gallup Farm Carriage House
  • Roughwood Estate Cow Barn
  • Crandall-Peirce House
  • Abram Ellwood House
  • Newport Casino, Newport, Rhode Island
  • Holy Innocents Episcopal Church, Beach Haven, New Jersey
  • William Berryman Scott House Princeton
  • Charles Lang Freer House, Detroit, Michigan
  • Essex Town Hall and TOHP Burnham Library, Essex, Massachusetts
  • Owl’s Nest (aka Crounse House) Washington, D.C
  • Grand Resort Hotels (Flagship Shingle Type)- New England coast, Long Island, Great Lakes, Early American resort destinations
  • Country & Seaside Hotels
  • Boarding Houses & Summer Guesthouses – Cape Cod, Newport, Maine coast, Adirondacks
  • Converted “Cottages” (Elite Leisure Lodging)
  • Mountain & Wilderness Lodges – Adirondacks, Catskills, New England uplands
  • Apartment Hotels & Long-Stay Resorts
  • Early Motor-Era Inns (Late Phase)
  • Ocean House Watch Hill, Rhode Island
  • Hotel del Monte Monterey, California, USA 1880
  • The Breakers (early incarnation) Newport, Rhode Island, USA
  • Mount Washington Hotel (early design lineage) New Hampshire, USA 1902
  • Sea View Hotel Watch Hill, Rhode Island, USA 1875
  • The Prout’s Neck Inn Maine, USA
  • Shingle-Style Boarding Houses — Cape Cod, Massachusetts
  • Newport Shingle Inns — Rhode Island, USA
  • The Mohonk Mountain House New York, USA
  • Catskills Shingle Hotels

Adaptive Reuse

  • Adirondack Great Camp Lodging (hotel phases) — New York, USA
  • Kennebunkport & Bar Harbor Inns — Maine, USA

Landmarks

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