The first houses in New England were simple wooden huts. They had timber frames covered in clapboard with thatched roofs. Rather than glass windows had sheets of paper soaked in oil. The first chimneys were of logs covered in plaster - an obvious fire hazard! The earliest houses were crowded, dark and drafty.
However people soon built more substantial houses. As they grew more prosperous they added new rooms. They also replaced oiled paper with glass windows.