Gable Boards and Vents 
		by David S. Lawyer, March 2003

The church has 8 gables.  A gable is a triangular section of wall
with the peak of the roof at the top of the triangle.  Many of the
gables are trimmed by exposed wood rafters called gable boards.  For a
gable, these form an inverted V and are the two upper legs of the
gable triangle.  In the middle of many gable triangles are found
louvered vents which ventilate the attic.

GABLE BOARDS
These look like rafters but they are only decorative rafters nailed to
the real rafters behind them.  Finishing nail were used.  They were
all painted with solid color stain in March 2003 (except for the
North Room one, which didn't need it).  In 2003 they had numerous
cracks from weathering but it seems they may have been painted in the
1980s as they appeared to be in much better shape in the early 1990s.


GABLE ATTIC VENTS
There are 7 total. All have one vent except that the chimney gable has
a vent on each side of the chimney.  They all have wood louvers.  They
all are screened w/hardware cloth inside the attic.

S. side: Chimney gable (2 vents, openings about 4x5")
S. side: Choir loft gable
W. side: Jesus window gable
N. side: Organ room gable
N. side: North room gable
E. side: Kitchen gable 
(The two patio gables have no vents.)