Region: A Sloan Homestead pattern for a symmetrical 2 or 2 ½ story wood house, with inset chimneys at each corner, appeared in 1867. Popular in the Northwest, the house had a gambrel roof and ...

A heavy accumulation of snow caused the roof to collapse Friday on an 1850 wooden building in historic Ellicott City that houses the Wagon Wheel Antique Shop. No one was inside, but Ed Crowl, who ...

With the 20-year period for replacing all-wood-shingle roofs with less fire-prone material nearing its Aug. 14, 2012, deadline, 128 homes have yet to make the transition.

WHEN WE LAUNCHED our new Vintage Pacific NW feature 3,006 years ago (or, possibly, at the end of June), it was intended as a fun, retro, short-term stopgap to fill the pandemic void until we could ...