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CLAPBOARD

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1737

GUSN

GUSN-1713

Description

Quite weathered with traces of brown over white paint, one end feathered and the other squared.

Details

Descriptive Terms

clapboard siding
CLAPBOARD

Inscription

Old label says: ""Part of clapboard taken from side of the Hancock-Clarke House when they repaired and painted it in 1926. Put on in 1698.""

Associated Building

Original To Hancock-Clarke House (Lexington, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

684

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

5.75 (H) (inches)

Accession Number

1926.978

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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