Fire protection has been a major concern of New York City building regulation since the 17th century when "wooden chimneys" were outlawed.

The gunslinger stripped twigs for kindling, then laid his fuel around them in his usual fashion, building a kind of wooden chimney in the breakdown lane.

I felt my knees give slightly at sight of him, and put out a hand to steady myself on the cottage's wooden chimney.

To keep these barns fresh when working the cows, they installed wooden chimneys from each of the lower levels that ran up to a copula on the roof.

On the first floor, the great hall has a painted wooden chimney.

In later years construction methods improved, and houses began to be sheathed in clapboard, with thatch or plank roofs and wooden chimneys.

In 1631 Boston's governor John Winthrop outlawed wooden chimneys and thatched roofs.

The white single-story houses with their wooden chimneys are more picturesque.

Most of the places would have had a wooden chimney, too.' '

Particularly impressive are the carved wooden chimneys, ceilings, doors and wardrobes.