Talk:Thomas Hill Standpipe

Shingle style architecture
The standpipe is listed in the National Register's NRIS database as having Shingle Style architecture. Can that be right? I think the NRHP nomination doc would need to be consulted, before adding the Category:Shingle Style architecture to this article or otherwise covering it. --doncram (talk) 00:30, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
 * On page 14 of the Civil Engineering Landmark application linked in the Ref section, a newspaper article quotes an expert as saying that the "shingled exterior is a style developed by H. H. Richardson of Boston." On About.com, this article about the Shingle Style states that H. H. Richardson "began to experiment with shingle siding". Not conclusive, but it looks like it's not an obvious error.--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 00:47, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I thought shingle style had to involve irregular/assymmetrical massing, and be more than just a shingle covering on a wall, which is all i could see here at first.  But there is some real style attached to this unusual standpipe, i'll grant that, and i'll add the category to this article.  Building from the NRHP nom doc would still make sense.  Also, BTW, I added the photo essay at About.Com as an external link to the Shingle Style architecture article, as it is a general reference.  It and other sources I've seen (e.g. the Shingle-rich Fenwick Historic District's NRHP nomination document) all seem to quote Vincent Scully's books on the style. --doncram (talk) 21:52, 18 February 2010 (UTC)