Show some original ideas of american builders while siding and shingle exterior coverings for homes did not strictly originate in tills country being larger y modifications of existing method brought over by the early settler artisans the availability of the mj and to native lectures give houses sheathed in aid ing or shingles a distinctly american flavor covered with rough hewn siding boards or clapboards and crudely split shakes or shingles dl erectly succeeded the farst log cabins of the early colonists in this country these materials have been refined by improved methods of manufacture into types which are individually appropriate to the variations of modern colonial architecture and to the ec tures of other countries in amar lean adaptations cedar and pine and other durable areja sed la modem man of shingles and eldene which are frequently stained to enhance their appearance and resistance to weather wood siding and shingles have integral insulating nine ID rea increasing comfort and fuel economy in the winter and keeping the house cool in summer |