Shingled building with bay window and spire finial, black and white photograph – Historic Photo Reproduction
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures Shingled building with bay window and spire finial, black and white photograph in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. It brings character to any room and makes a memorable gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Shingled building with bay window and spire finial, black and white photograph
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
Shingled walls, a projecting bay window, and a spire finial mark this as a late nineteenth-century domestic or civic building of the sort that filled New England towns during the Shingle Style and Queen Anne years. Shingle cladding was favored by architects who wanted a smooth, continuous skin over irregular rooflines, and the bay window and finial add the decorative flourishes that set the style apart from plainer colonial houses. Photographs like this one were often made for local record-keeping or for architectural study, so the crisp detail in the wood and roofline is worth a close look. The record does not name the owner or exact date, but the building's form places it firmly within the region's building boom of that period.
| Original scan | 3,180 × 4,630 px · prints to 11 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
|---|---|
| Reference | 21 |
More from the Massachusetts collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
