From 1880-1900 a very monochrome style of house, reminiscent of Queen Anne architecture, rose to prominence, gaining notoriety for the heavy employment of shingles on walls, gable ends, curving towers and porch columns. It was appropriately named Shingle Style. Although it never gained the popularity of Queen Anne, it nonetheless spread from New England all over the United States.
In addition to shingled walls and roofs, Shingle Style featured expansive front porches, asymmetrical designs, irregular, moderately pitched roofs, and polygonal or round shingled towers.
It’s becoming a running joke at this point because he seems to have done it all, but yes, Frank Lloyd Wright did significant dabbling in Shingle Style.
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