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ContinuatIon sheet 18 Item number 7 Page 19
ort Road cont.
74 Commercial Building ca 1930 : A 1½- and 2-story, shingle neo-Colonial
structure with end-gamb rd pavilions at each end of a gable-roof
central section. Its p late-glass storefronts are sheltered by a
veranda recessed under the end pavilions and covered by a shed roof
fronting the central section.
NC 75 Commercial Building 1960s : A
by a low-pitch cross -gable roof.
a pent roof across the f;icade , an
stairs and decks providing access
76 Watch Hill Beach Associa ti on Since the mid -19th century, bathhouses
have been located near this site to serv e bathers at Napatree Beach.
The present structures are replacements erected after the destruct:ive
hurricanes of 1938 and 1954..
NC- A Cabanas Ca 1955
of composition-hoard
NC: B Cabanas and
building on
pavilion on
- I C HT I-Ifl I SE ROAD
2-story,
it is s
d has a
to the
tion includes hay and picture windows.
rectangular structure covered
et end to the street, with
first-floor deck and exterior
second floor. The fenestia
A i-story structure on wood pilings constructed
panels, with a low-pitch shed roof.
Snack Bar Ca
wood pilings,
i9s*: A 1-story, fiatconstructed
of plywood.
and
It
shed-roof
has a glazed
the north side which houses a snack bar during the summer.
77 Taurento ca 1907; attributed to Edward F. Hinkle, architect Th .i. 5
white -painted shingle dwell ing is an oversize hung alow with a massive
saltbox-profile gable roof encompassing its second story and a t tic.
Its architectural treatment refl ects the influences of English Arts
and Crafts and Colonial Revival design. The house is set with a gable
end facing the street - The facade conta ins an off-center entrance
sheltered by a columned, gable-roof Cob niai Revival portico and
artfully pictur esque , as ymuietrlcab fenes tration o.f multi -pane windows
a r ranged singly and in g roups including a flat-top Palladian mot.i F
over the ent rancc,
wi th narrow side lights flanking a single, regim I ar
window - Detai ling incl udes wi ndow boxes and a shal low, shin g led
window hood
a recessed,
tha t flares out
glazed porch on
gently from th e
the s.i de facin g
wall surface. Th crc is
toward the ocean - The
house ‘.s contained mass is broken by a shor t gable-roof pavili on on
the inland side and by shed clormers. This is one of several res i -
dences built by the Griscom fami ly- in this vicinity - It was apparently
rented out for seasonal use
-See Continuation Sheet #19