Here are five things going on in and around town you should know about.
1. Weather: The National Weather Service predicts a warm, sunny day with a high of 60 degrees. The evening will cloud over and cool off to the mid 40s. 2. Beginner’s Yoga: Come by Charlestown Yoga for a class on the basics of yoga. Class begins at 7:30 p.m. and costs $16. 3. Lowell Lecture: David Macauly: David Macauly will be speaking at the Boston Public Library about famous architectural works in an accessible and entertaining fashion. This free lecture is being held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. tonight at the library's central branch. 4. Shecky’s Girls Night Out: Have a night out with your girlfirends at The Castle at Boston Park Plaza. From 5 to 10 p.m., enjoy complimentary cocktails, beauty services and a goodie bag filled with new beauty …
If it looks like a barn to you, that's because the gambrel roof style, popular for homes in the 1700s, is still used for barns.
The gambrel house at 23 Pleasant St. is, according to Boston Landmarks Commission, part of Charlestown’s small collection of late Georgian gambrel houses. The gambrel roof, widely used in the domestic architecture of the northern colonies from 1700 to 1780 and still popular today as a roof for barns, is a symmetrical two-sided roof with two slopes on each side. The extra slant on each side provides the advantages of a sloped roof while giving headroom, or storage room, on the upper level. It’s a close-fitting roof, like a wimple hugging the head of a nun. At 23 Pleasant St., it's the gambrel profile, rather than the front entrance, that meets the sidewalk. The front entrance -- secluded by a hedge high to the middle of the house -- enters …
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Helen O'Neil
2:41 pm on Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Ken, thanks for the great additional information about the house at 23 Pleasant. more ›