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SHINGLE

Dr. Clarence Coulter, prominent and a railroad surgeon for the Pennsylvania Railroad, built an impressive house in 1894 at 302 West First Street in Oil City.

	302 West First Street, Oil City, Pennsylvania

When viewed from the front, this house shows strong Queen Anne influences with its complex massing and projecting gable.  The columns, garlands, swags and oval window are all classical features which appeared on later Queen Annes.  Viewed from the side, the house takes on a different character.  The roof line extends down past the huge side gables at a different angle and essentially encloses and controls the entire mass.  This house appears to be searching for a large expression of order. Such a design concept is consistent with the Shingle architecture, not Queen Anne.  Three loggias at different levels pierce the walls of the Coulter House bringing exterior space into the mass of the building, another Shingle element.  This house has a brother, a very similar house built in Titusville at 332 W. Main Street and known as the Dr. Quinby and Lillian Seep House.

The Jane Woodburn Glines House at 953 Elk Street in Franklin is another example of a structure demonstrating both lingering Queen Anne and emerging Shingle architectural influences.
 

	935 Elk Street, Franklin, Pennsylvania

Built in 1900, this splendid home displays a commanding roof which flows down from the roof ridge uninterrupted to spread out over the veranda across the front facade.  A large second floor loggia is contained beneath the gable roof above and brings outside space in.  The classical veranda and loggia columns and the extensive dentil molding are appropriate for both architectures.

The house at the corner of Moran and W. Third in Oil City is an expression of Shingle architecture built on a city lot.

	Example of Shingle Architecture at Corner of Moran and West Third Streets, Oil City, Pa.

When viewed from Moran, the mass of the house stretches out horizontally beneath a main roof ridge line with the left portion of the volume totally controlled by a cross gambrel roof form with shingles all over the wall sides as well as the roof.  Most of the house is surrounded by a drip line formed by overhangs just above the first floor.  This line emphasizes the horizontal character of this very early 1900's house.  The window placement on the Moran Street facade is highly irregular and clearly reflective of the arrangement of the living space within.  The building shows on the W. Third St. facade some restrained classical details including an oval window and a Palladian window form at the attic level.  Note the eyebrow dormer facing Moran.  Some rough field stone was creatively used in this house, a use consistent with the Shingle architecture.