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Asbestos “Century” Shingle Roofs. Five Model Cottages. Esmond Co., Inc., Enfield, R. I. Archi¬ 
tects, Hilton & Jackson, Providence, R. I. P. Oscar Nordquist, Contractor, Providence, R. I. 
ASBESTOS CENTURY SHINGLES 
“The Roof that Outlives the Building” 
The average property owner gets bitten in 
selecting his roof. 
He takes too much for granted—likes the 
looks of his architect’s sketch and forgets to in¬ 
sist upon durability in the roof. It’s only when 
bills for repairs and painting pile up that he 
realizes his mistake. 
Asbestos “Century” Shingles are the 
only roofing in the market that combine 
architectural beauty with absolute and 
permanent protection to the building. 
Asbestos “'Century” Shingles are thin, 
tough and elastic shingles of reinforced 
concrete. They are the first and only prac¬ 
tical light weight roofing ever made of 
this indestructible material. 
They are proof against fire—against 
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weather — against time. They need no 
painting or repairs. 
Asbestos “Century” Shingles are adapt¬ 
ed to all architectural styles. They come 
in many shapes, several sizes and three 
colors — Newport Gray (silver gray), Slate 
(blue black) and Indian Red. 
It’s worth your while to talk with a re¬ 
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Shingles — or write us. Send for Booklet 
C, “Points on Roofing.” 
“Silver Lake A 
Braided Sash-Cord 
(.Name stamped on every foot ) 
Have your architect specify it in his plan. 
It won't cost you any more, but will save 
you loads of trouble. It is solid-braided of 
cotton, not waste; can't stretch and is non-in¬ 
flammable. When the windows are being put 
in. or when you have to renew the other cord, 
look to see that Silver Lake A Sash-Cord is used. 
Silver Lake has been the accepted standard 
in U.S. Government braidea cord specifications 
for 40 years. 
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87 Chauncy St. Boston, Mass. 
Makers of Silver Lake Solid-Braided Clothes Liv 
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The Decorative Possibilities in 
Roofing 
(Continued from page 89.) 
direst mischief upon similar occasions. 
Great flanking double stone chimneys 
at each gable-end of a Colonial house, as 
shown in the photograph, give an aspect 
of strength and solidity that is sure to 
please a taste for robust architecture. The 
whole house has an established look. The 
chimneys with the connecting curtain 
walls would prevent any suggestion of 
angularity even in a steeper roof and have 
almost the effect of battlements. 
The third picture shows a felicitous ar¬ 
rangement of dormer windows where the 
lines and proportion of the' roof are not 
disturbed by their introduction. The 
frames and casements are of such light 
construction and so unobstrusive that they 
do not destroy the balance, and we still 
have nearly the unbroken effect of an un¬ 
pierced roof. Dormers unless judiciously 
managed can work confusion. A roof all 
full of dormers loses its dignity and calm 
and becomes restless. It is like an unduly 
inquisitive, peekv person whose argus- 
eyed curiosity is always on the watch in 
all directions to see what goes next. Sc 
many of the English cottage roofs owe 
their charm to their unbroken surface and 
treatment. 
Attention should also be called to the 
placing of the chimneys which are so set 
as to break the sky-line agreeably. The 
proper placing of chimneys so as best to 
relieve the sky-line is a subject that can¬ 
not be too closely studied whether they be 
grouped or built at intervals. 
The small house with the windows of 
the second floor bursting through the roof 
in a solid phalanx is a fairly successful 
piece of work. The effect of the one-and- 
a-half story house has been preserved and 
the windows of the second floor have been 
brought through the roof in such a way 
as to let you feel they are still a part of 
the roof. The gabled sky-line and irregu¬ 
larly placed chimneys of the English half- 
timbered house denote a steady normal 
growth, here a little and there a little, as 
the needs of each succeeding generation 
demanded. While the irregularity of the 
many additions breaks up the mass of the 
roof, it does not destroy its unity. 
Who can resist the appeal of an old 
gambrel-roofed house? The old Dutch 
house in the picture with its well-propor¬ 
tioned gambrel, its steeper slope pierced 
by modest dormers and ending in a gen¬ 
erous outcurved overhang forming a 
porch cover, and last but not least, its 
airy balustrade surmounting the ridge of 
the roof, offers an example worthy of sin¬ 
cere imitation. It is a type especially suit¬ 
able for the small country or suburban 
house and offers itself readily to modifica¬ 
tion. The one great danger in planning a 
gambrel roof is the tendency to make it 
too small. It is perfectly true that a gam¬ 
brel roof is much better suited to a small 
house than a large one, but for the size 
of the building all the roof surface possi- 
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