"Mostly the question is, 'How do you make a ranch look like an American shingle-style house or a colonial?' "

It is the largest shingle-style house in the United States.

"This was the grandest of the shingle-style houses," Mr. White said.

He and his wife recently bought a rambling shingle-style house built in 1944, which they plan to renovate over five years.

It replaced a 1923 shingle-style house built on the lot by a business partner of Howard Hughes.

When Wharton was commissioned to design a shingle-style house with all the modern conveniences, he knew just what the client wanted.

That was around 1929, when the rambling shingle-style main house was built.

"I've done quite a few shingle-style houses out here where the whole south side was French doors."

Recently, the Santamarinas had their new house demolished, and they are building a traditional shingle-style house on the land.

The shingle-style house, built about 1894, is still easy to spot: it's the one with the whale-shaped weather vane.