Ropes Mansion
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The Nathaniel Ropes Mansion, is a Georgian Colonial mansion located at 318 Essex Street in Salem, Massachusetts. As no published dendrochronology study has been conducted, the exact build date of this
The Ropes Mansion, with First Unitarian Church in the background
Peabody Essex Museum
Gambrel
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A gambrel, or gambrel roof, is a usually symmetrical two-sided roof with two slopes on each side. The upper slope is positioned at a shallow angle, while the lower slope is steep. This design provides
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…Deerfield. As built, the house was sheathed in wood clapboards, consisted of 2.5 stories with 5 × 2-bay windows, and was capped by a slate-shingled, gambrel roof. Barnard was a survivor of an Indian raid which occurred in Deerfield on February 29, 1704 and lived there until 1720. With his wife and infant…
Barn with a gambrel roof
Dwelling with gambrel roof in Amityville, New York, made famous by The Amityville Horror
If the date of construction and the roof of the Henry Bull House was original to the circa 1639 date this would be the oldest known example of a gambrel in America.
Another candidate for oldest gambrel roof, said to be from 1666, Alexander Standish House