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United States Department <strong>of</strong> the Interior<br />

<strong>National</strong> Park Service For NI’S use only<br />

<strong>National</strong> <strong>Register</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Historic</strong>-<strong>Places</strong><br />

rec&ved<br />

Inventory-Nomination Form dateeniwed - -<br />

Continuation sheet 26<br />

Misquamicut Road cont. - - -<br />

item number 7 Page 27<br />

ro<strong>of</strong> mass is broken by jerkin-head dormers at the front and sides -<br />

Alterations include a modern stickwork balcony on the front with<br />

sliding plate-glass doors opening onto it. This building. was ori<br />

ginally the garage and chauffeur’s quarters for Sowanni u number 113<br />

hut is now used as a residence -<br />

113 Sowanniu, now Greyside North 1900; John A. Tompkins, architect : A<br />

large dwelling with rectangular-block massing and a massive flank<br />

jerkin-head ro<strong>of</strong> containing the second story and attic. OFF-center<br />

cross-jerkin-heads break the ro<strong>of</strong> mass at both front and rear, and<br />

there -are ranges <strong>of</strong> shed dormers and gable dormers. Under the front<br />

jerkin-head is the main entrance, with a Palladian window above it.<br />

The house was built for Alanson T. Enos. -<br />

-NC 114 House ca 1940: A iarge, symmetrical 2-story, hip-ro<strong>of</strong>, whitepainted<br />

neo-Col-onial dwelling with a central block flanked by pro<br />

j oct ing hip - ro<strong>of</strong> wings -<br />

115 - House ca 1920 : A 1½-story, flank-gable-ro<strong>of</strong>, bungalow with a<br />

front porch recessed under the rooF mass and shed-ro<strong>of</strong> dormers<br />

This is now a rental property associated with the Misquamicut Inn -<br />

NC 116 - Wee House ca 192-5: A 1-story, gable-ro<strong>of</strong> cottage with asymmetrical<br />

fenestration. it was reportedly an outbuilding <strong>of</strong> the Potter Farm<br />

and was remodeled for residential use - It is a rental property<br />

associated with the Misquamicut Inn -<br />

117 Former Potter Farmhouse, now Misquamicut Inn -1778, 1896, et seq.:<br />

- A 2½-story, flank-gable-ro<strong>of</strong>, structure with a glazed, partly re -<br />

cessed front veranda, a central oriel on the facade surmounted by a<br />

- front gable, and a long rear eli - This was originally a 5-bay facade,<br />

central entrance Farmhouse erected in the late 18th century. William<br />

A. Procter and William P. Anderson purchased the Farm in -1896, sub<br />

divided the acreage into house lots, and remodeled the Fa rmliorise for<br />

use as a hot-el known as the Na tch I-till brain I-louse . the name was<br />

changed to Misquamicut Inn in 1900. Th isis one <strong>of</strong> the oldest sur<br />

viving buildings at Watch Hill.<br />

118 P’Iisquami cut Cottage ca 19 [0 : A compact Modern Colon ml dwell ing<br />

with a massive gambrel ro<strong>of</strong> containing the second story and attic -<br />

It has a central - entrance; .a recessed, glazed porch at one front -<br />

corner; shed dormers flanking a central front gambrel containing a<br />

window topppd by a blind-fan motif; and lunette windows lighting the<br />

attic -<br />

See Continuation Sheet #27

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