During Restoration

Layer upon layer of asphalt shingles were torn away to reveal the original Cedar shake roof beneath.

This massive wooden skeleton reveals how the rounded effect was achieved on the roof. There is no comparison between this and other Cotswold Cottage Revivial homes with rounding at the edges of their roofs.

This is the overhead aluminized-mylar ducting that was added during the restoration.

With financial help from an Historical Preservation Commission grant, the new roof is loyal to the idea that the material and visual qualities of the wooden shingles, and the installation patterns, should match the craftsmanship and details that characterize the historic roof. Western Red Cedar from Oregon and Washington was used to make the shingles for the new roof. According to the Technical Preservation Services of the National Park Service, red cedar has a natural fungicide in the wood cells, and unless the shingles are used in unusually warm, moist environments or where certain strains of spores are found, an applied fungicide is usually not needed."