wood shingles

Isaac Kremer/ September 9, 2018/ / 0 comments

A consistently popular roofing material in the United States, wood shingles take the form of thin, long pieces of wood that taper from one end to the other. Singles, up until about 1850, were cut by hand; after this date sawing became the dominant means of manufacture. Wood shingles come dimensioned or in random widths, plain or end-modified; length is most often 16, 18, or 24 inches. (Phillips, 1994)

Photo from Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginina, 2019.