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Shingle
A continuous skin of shingles pulled over broad roofs and simple, massive forms.
- Usual dates
- 1880–1905
- In Newburyport
- c. 1890
- Built 1860–1900
- 1
How to recognize it
- 01Shingles on every wall surface, with no corner boards and little trim
- 02Broad gable or gambrel roofs that sweep low, sometimes down to the first story
- 03Porches recessed under the main roof
- 04Rough stone foundations and first stories
- 05Windows in horizontal bands, often small-paned above and plain below
- 06A calm, heavy outline compared with the busyness of Queen Anne
About the style
The Shingle style grew out of Queen Anne along the New England coast. It keeps the irregular plan but strips off the ornament and wraps the whole house, walls and roof alike, in a continuous coat of wood shingles. Roofs are broad and low, gambrels are common, and porches are recessed into the mass of the house rather than added on.
It is a summer-house and suburban style, and Newburyport has only a few examples.
Shingle in Newburyport
Styles are as recorded on each building's page; a building whose page names two styles is listed under the one that fits its date, or under Victorian Eclectic when both are Victorian, with its own wording under its address. Buildings not yet researched show the state inventory's dates and styles. Hollow dots are lost buildings. Locations: MassGIS / Massachusetts Historical Commission.