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About the Shingle Style

By Jackie Craven, About.com Guide

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Variations in the Shingle Style

Shingles and Arches characterize this New York home

Shingles and Arches characterize this New York home

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Some Shingle Style homes also have these features:

  • Wavy wall surface
  • Patterned shingles
  • Squat half-towers
  • Palladian windows
  • Roughhewn stone on lower stories
  • Stone arches over windows and porches
But not all Shingle Style houses look alike ...

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