Chapter 59 - Chapter 59

The streets of Boston in Massachusetts were occupied with rows of houses built using the first period style of architecture. The buildings were in many ways almost closer to a medieval style building in England, with the tiny windows, steeply pitched roofs and a basic plank door. During that time ─ in 1633 glass was extremely expensive and hard to produce due to unimproved technology so the windows were small with tiny, diamond shaped panes. There was a house that was huge and there was a central chimney, and a long slanted roof sloping down to a shed at the back ─ this style was called a "Saltbox" as it looked like the box that held the salt.