Thin wooden clapboard, which is about 3 inches in width, characterizes
older houses of the late 1800s and early 1900s. Many of these houses have
been modernized with stucco (1920-1930s) or aluminum siding
(1950s - present) in order to avoid painting the exteriors every five
years.
A
map of Eau Claire shows the highest
concentration of
thin clapboard in the oldest neighborhoods.
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Created by Karen Furo-Bonnstetter and Kenneth Kolarik on June 27, 1996. Graphs by Brian Meyer, Preston Johnson, and Tanya Jorgenson on June 9, 1997.