Name

Shingle

General Range

1880-1900

The Shingle Style was a high-style yet simpler alternative to the Queen Anne style mainly in the last two decades of the 19th century. Shingle Style houses represented a selective use of elaboration in conjunction with wall surfaces covered with wood shingles. The massing of Shingle Style houses varies widely but usually incorporates design elements had the effect of smoothing the often complicated the roof lines and extensions of the Queen Ann Style. It often incorporated chimneys with decorative brickwork, jettied cross-gables, engaged towers or turrets; and long-sloping roofs over 1-story elements. The use of the shingle cladding, which was often used, resulted in a smoother appearance for the walls (compared to contemporary Queen Anne houses). In many Shingle Style houses, some features were overstated for effect, such as wide towers or turrets and jettied gable areas. An innovative window treatment of the Shingle Style used exterior cheeking around inset windows in a horizontal band, often with the lintel and sill incorporated into a horizontal band extending along the wall surface. One subset of the Shingle Style features gambrel roofs. For example, the houses at 646 West 9th Street and 447-449 West 7th Street in Erie City feature intersecting gabled and gambrel masses. Houses of this type represent the springboard of the first phase of the Dutch Colonial Revival style, which often featured two intersecting gambrel masses.

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Municipality

Historic Name

Address

City of Erie

Frank Connell House

502 W 6 ST

City of Erie

932 W 8 ST

City of Erie

604 E 21 ST

City of Erie

646 W 9 ST

City of Erie

447 49W 7 ST