Roofs In The 1930s

When the great depression hit the united states the variety in shape decreased but the want for differences in color increased.

Roofs in the 1930s.

Jerkinhead roofs are sometimes found on american bungalows and cottages small american houses from the 1920s and 1930s and assorted victorian house styles. Williams slate co c. Slate also became popular in the rest of the u s. Tiles roofs found in the mid 18th century moravian settlements in pennsylvania closely resembled those found in germany.

Slate roofs of quality j. The popularity of asphalt roofing skyrocketed in the 20 s due mostly to the national board of fire underwriters push to eliminate wooden roofs. The architectural styles of the 1920s and 1930s by cynthia mulcahy. A 1930s home is probably one of the easiest properties to renovate and add value to.

A jerkinhead roof may also be called a jerkin head roof a half hipped roof a clipped gable or even a jerkinhead gable. Details such as bell towers and gabled roofs made the sister styles different from one another. Usonians with their flat roofs and large cantilevered overhangs were an effort to create a more affordable home than wright s earlier prairie style. Many homeowners chose to modernize their houses by covering existing wood shingled roofs with asphalt shingles.

Mission revival was a nod to the religious missions in the american. In period styles of residential and commercial architecture. These granules offered a wider range of col ors that could be combined to create a variegated appearance. The tile surface was usually scored with finger marks to promote drainage.

He first came up with the designs in the late 1930s. Slate has long been a regionally prominent roofing material in the northeastern u s. A lug on the back allowed the tiles to hang on the lathing without nails or pegs. And nearby parts of canada because of the abundance of slate quarries in the area.

Mission revival also retained a measure of austerity that the more flamboyant spanish revival did not have. Wood shingle roofs began to wane in the 1920s in the face of newly developed asphalt shingles and calls for improved fire safety. Usonian homes were the invention of famous modern architect frank loyd wright. Their last flourish came in the late 1920s and 30s with the fad for tudor ish thatch effect roofs created by cleverly steaming and bending the shingles over a rounded frame.

Typically the tiles were 14 15 long 6 7 wide with a curved butt.