This Salt Box reproduction home, built in 1999, has the distinctive "saltbox" roof that has its roots in the 14th century English "catslide" roofs, which were extensions of existing houses. American "saltbox" roofs were usually, but not always, a result of adding a one-story shed to the back of the house and then extending the roof down to shelter the new addition. Some early saltbox houses were built with the "catslide" as part of the original design as we do today. One possible clue to the latter version is the different roof pitches front and back as in our Martha Kimball House.