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Show Asphalt Roof Adds Color, I Protects Home Built in 1685 ... y ,rjf,fit.v JkKL-I This historic dwelling:, built in 1685, is known as "The House With Orange Shutters," and for protection and color contrast has a dark blue asphalt shingle roof and white sidewalls. "The House with Orange Shutters," Shut-ters," built at Ipswich, Mass., in 1685, is one of the fine old Colonial Colo-nial dwellings featured in "A Treasury of Early American Homes," the popular and colorfully color-fully illustrated volume by Richard Rich-ard Pratt. The oblong, two - and - a - half story residence has been restored to its original state by Mr. and Mrs. Roy L. Bulger who acquired the historic property in 1941. The restoration proved to be an enormous enor-mous task, but they set to work at once to uncover the huge clay-brick clay-brick fireplaces which in earlier days provided the only facilities for heating and cooking. Newer flooring, laid over the original, was removed to get down to the old, wide floor boards, characteristic characteris-tic of early Colonial homes. The old boards, still in excellent condition, condi-tion, were sanded, waxed and polished to a rich, glossy finish. The false ceiling was taken down in the great hall room which the Bulgers have renamed the Ipswich Ips-wich room to reveal the sturdy, hand-hewn beams supporting the original ceiling, and paint was removed re-moved from wall paneling which then could be rubbed down to a mellow, soft finish which gives warmth and a sense of well-being to the cozy interior. Also exposed were the fine "gun stock" beama throughout the house. A new roof was required, and the Bulgers were just as careful in selecting the roof as they were in restoring the interior of this historical old landmark to its original beauty and charm. They knew the "look" of the new root was important, just as it was important im-portant to select a fire-resistant roof and one which would give weather-tight protection and preserve pre-serve this fine example of early Colonial architecture. The dark blue asphalt shingles they selected select-ed enhance the beauty of the stately old home and provide a pleasing contrast to the white sidewalls and chimney and the orange shutters. Its early beauty and charm restored, re-stored, this fine old home provides pro-vides all the comforts and conveniences con-veniences of any modern home. In the latter respect, remodeling of a Colonial home in New Eng land is no different than remodel ing'a house anywhere else th same results often can be achieves in modernizing a farm home, foi example, or an urban residence wherever it mav be. |