The schoolhouse was a simple one-room building with no floor and a shake roof.
The shake roof was later replaced by corrugated metal.
At least two California cities have ordinances banning shake roofs.
Big drops of rain began splattering down on the shake roof.
The house was a rough construction of stone and wood that had been topped with a shake roof.
By 1888, Downey had built an 18' X 27' log house one story high with shake roof.
The building has a shake roof and a nijiriguchi or 'crawling-in entrance'.
There is a shake roof supported by a box cornice at the eaves.
The building has weatherboard siding and a wooden shake roof.
The original structure was very basic, consisting of four walls, a dirt floor, and wooden shake roof.