When Queen Anne meets Shingle Style. This wonderful house in a streetcar suburb in Portland, Maine is very nearly Shingle Style but has clapboard siding on the first story, edging it into the Queen Anne style. In the United States, the English Queen Anne style arrived in the 1870s, spawning the Shingle Style and the American Queen Anne style.
Many houses skirt the line between the two, as this one does. The development of these styles is explored in depth in Vincent Scully’s “The Shingle Style and the Stick Style: Architectural Theory and Design from Downing to the Origins of Wright.” This book is an essential volume for lovers of 19th century residential architecture.
Queen Anne and Shingle Style are two of the 25 styles and types described and illustrated with hundreds of color photos in Chapter 2 of “Restoring Your Historic House, The Comprehensive Guide for Homeowners.”
Signed and personalized copies of the award-winning and bestselling 720-page hardcover book are available from the author in our shop, YourHistoricHouse.com/shop/.
Our shop also carries select preservation and restoration titles by other authors including “A Field Guide to American Houses” by Virginia McAlester. Save with our multi-book combo packs!
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