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Ludiwici-Celadon terracotta roof, The Breakers, Bellevue AVenue, Newport, Rhode Island.

Roofing

• Exterior Systems, start with links to From the Roof Down...Skin Deep; proceed to Preservation Briefs, especially 4, 39, 19, 29 in that order, depending on time available.
• From Asbestos to Zinc: Roofing for Historic Buildings, National Park Service
• Preservation Briefs 04: Roofing for Historic Buildings by Sarah Sweetser.
• Nicholson & Galloway, Inc. Contractors.
• Roofing and Roof Specialties, Clem Labine's Traiditional Building. (Browse.)

Extra Reading and Resources

Wood

• Park, Sharon C. The Repair and Replacement of Historic Wooden Shingle Roofs, Preservation Briefs, National Park Service, 1989.
• Cedar Shake & Shingle Bureau.
• Wood Shakes and Shingles for Roof Applications Tips for Longer Life, Forest Products Laboratory. [Download as PDF file.]

Terracotta

• Grimmer, Anne E. and Paul K. Williams, The Preservation and Repair of Historic Clay Tile Roofs, Preservation Briefs 30, Technical Preservation Service, National Park Service, Fall 1992.
• Gladding, McBean. Ornamental terracotta, roofing.
• Boston Valley Terra Cotta.
• Ludowici Roof Tile.
• The Celadon Terra Cotta Co., Alfred, New York. Hiostorical site, interpreted.

Metal

• Black, Tom. The Traditional Metal Roof, Clem Labine's Traditional-Building.
• Pieper, Richard. "Restoring Metal Roof Cornices," Preservation Tech Notes, Metals, Number 2, Washington, DC: National Park Service, USDI, October 1990, 8 pp.
• Architectural Copper, Revere Copper (To order 8th edition of Copper and Common Sense)
• Follansbee Steel. Terne, tern-coated stainless roofing.
• W.F. Norman Corporation. Decorative stamped-metal roofing.
• Roofing, Mayco Industries, Inc. Lead sheeet roofing.

Slate

• Slate Roof Central and Traditional Roofing Magazine, Joseph Jenkins
• Levine, Jeffrey S. The Repair, Replacement & Maintenance of Historic Slate Roofs, Preservation Briefs 29, National Park Service, 1992
• Slate Roofs. National Slate Association, 1926. Reprinted by Vermont Structural Slate Co., Inc., Fair Haven, Vermont, 1977, Tel. 802.265.4933, pp.5-13, 48-54, 70.