Holly Tanner & Tosha Embry
William
Watts Sherman House, Newport, RI (1874-1876)
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| Shingle style homes were built
in northeastern U.S. from 1874 to 1910.They were simple enexpensive to
build. They had the balloon frame, which used small and light wood members
that were nailed together. This allowed the houses to be built quickly
and in any style. They were influenced by many styles such as the English
Queen Anne, Tudor, Gothic, and Stick. Most Shingle style homes had wood
shingles covering the siding and roof, an irregular roof line, cross gables
(gabled roofs that are perpendicular to each other), eves on several levels,
porches, and an asymmetrical floor plan. Some Shingle style homes had wavy
wall surface, patterned shingles, squat half-towers, palladian windows (a
larger center window with two smaller windows on either side), roughhewn
stone on lower stories, and stone arches over windows and porches.
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