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Chapin Park Local Historic District Guidebook <br />Page 9 <br />FOLK VICTORIAN <br />Folk Victorian refers to the appearance of Victorian detail- <br />ing on simple folk house forms: front gabled, side gabled, <br />pyramidal and other forms. Detailing of Gothic revival, <br />Italianate, Queen Anne and Stick inspiration can be found <br />on porches, under gables and along the cornice line. <br />SHINGLE STYLE <br />Named by Vincent Scully for the use of shingles on the <br />exterior of a building, the Shingle style is a purely <br />American creation. The style borrows elements from <br />many styles, such as turrets, broad porches and asym- <br />metrical plans from Queen Annes; massive stonework <br />and arches from the Richardsonian Romanesque; and <br />Palladian windows, columns and gambrel or bell-cast <br />gabled rooflines from Classical and Colonial revivals. The style also exhibits multi-pane <br />windows, recessed windows with curved shingles and a variety of dormer types – gable, <br />polygonal, hipped, curved, shed to name a few. <br />PRAIRIE STYLE <br />As one of the few American indigenous styles, Prairie <br />style design originated in Chicago around the turn of the <br />century. Promoted by a group of architects which includ- <br />ed Frank Lloyd Wright, the style is characterized by a <br />low-pitched roof usually hipped with wide overhanging <br />eaves, and design elements that emphasize horizontal <br />lines, such as bands of windows, broad porches with <br />massive square supports and wood band moldings. Materials such as stucco, stucco <br />with broad wood trim, clapboard wood siding and brick are common. Some homes have <br />gabled roofs. Ernest Young and N. Roy Shambleau were local practitioners of the style.