Saltbox Roof Cottage

1 x6 rough sawn hemlock exposed collar ties.

Saltbox roof cottage.

This margaretville saltbox offers a more approachable renovation opportunity. Named for the shape of the container used to hold salt in colonial times these homes have a steeply sloped roof that is much longer on one side than the other. Harada had the house remodeled in 1916 and added a second floor with four bedrooms and a bathroom. The flat front and central chimney are recognizable features but the asymmetry of the unequal sides and the long low rear roof line are the most distinctive features of a.

A saltbox house is a traditional new england style of house with a long pitched roof that slopes down to the back generally a wooden frame house a saltbox has just one story in the back and two stories in the front. The property in question was built in the 1870s or 1880s and was originally a one story saltbox cottage with recessed wood siding and a wood shingle roof. The dining room was altered to have a lowered ceiling and new plaster. Margaretville saltbox cottage with new roof and electric antique saltbox cottage in the western catskills for 99k don t get in over your head with a massive fixer upper.

Saltbox houses are common in new. Corrugated 29g metal roofing color. 2 x6 rough sawn hemlock rafters 24 on center.