Wide wooden clapboard is about 8 inches in width and became popular in the
1940s-1960s. By the 1970s the wide clapboard look of typical suburban
houses was replaced with narrower, and often textured, steel and aluminum
siding.
A
map of Eau Claire would show
a high concentration of wide clapboard
in the suburban areas such
as Putnam Heights that
grew up in the 1950s-1970s.
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