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Shingles

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

ca. 1725

GUSN

GUSN-224910

Description

Three shingles (A, B, C) still nailed together with hand-wrought nails; D is apparently a piece of board tied to the chiingles to hold them in place, but may be a clapboard.

Details

Descriptive Terms

shingle
softwood
Shingle

Associated Building

Associated With Wakeman House,

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

48 x 6 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Florence Jennings

Accession Number

1928.1138

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