I was just reading about the Stanley-Lake barn which is an ancient (pre 1718?) barn in Topsfield, MA on the Ipswitch River. It, like the Giddings-Low barn in Essex, MA (before 1702) have common purlin roofs and may have been "single boarded and battened" as is a reference to "The 1667 Nelson barn in Rowley...". Most of this information is from the linked article by Robert Blair St. George.
http://departments.umw.edu/hipr/www/resource/pva1stgeorge.pdfJim
That's a great article, Jim. Thanks for posting. I haven't finished it in its entirety, but can't seem to find a reference for "board roof." Looked for both "roof," "boarded" and "purlin" in the PDF search window--all came up zero. Perhaps I'm missing something? Do you have a page # for the "single boarded and battened" reference?
Enjoying the topic.
