Shingle Style homes usually have these features:
- Continuous wood shingles on siding and roof
- Irregular roof line
- Cross gables
- Eaves on several levels
- Porches
- Asymmetrical floor plan
About the Shingle Style
By Jackie Craven, About.com Guide
Features of the Shingle Style
Shingle Style House in Schenectady, NY
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- About the Shingle Style
- History of the Shingle Style
- Features of the Shingle Style
- Variations in the Shingle Style
- Do Shingles Make the Style?
- The Shingle Style Defined
- Shingle Style Without Shingles
- American House Styles Transformed
- Frank Lloyd Wright and the Shingle Style
- Modern Day Shingle Houses
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