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National Register of Historic Places
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Inventory-Nomination Form datuentered
Continuation sheet - ten number Paqe
Ci antic Avenue cont. -
York, architects : A 2½-story, cross-gable dwelling with an asym
metrical "T" plan. Its 2-story front veranda first story now infilled
has a semi-octagonal termination at one end, mirrored by a
2-story bay window of identical form at the rear corner of the main
- block. The front roof slope is broken by three symmetrically spaced,
hip-roof attic dormers. The shallow, off-center rear elI is flanked
on one side by a 1-story, hip-roof bay and a hipped attic dormer.
The house was built -for Miss F. Burnap and was first occupied by
- Mr. and Mrs. George H. Babcock oF Providence. Mr. Babcock was presi
dent of the Babcock Wilcox Boi icr - Company see number - 153 -
130 Edgemere 1886, altered 1899; Henry W. Wilkinson, architect of re
modeling: A large, asymmetrical, complexly massed, 2½-story Shingle
Style dwelling combining features New England Colonial and European
- Medieval architecture. The main block, with a gable roof turned, end
to the street, has a gabled side pavi lion and a wraparound veranda
incorporating - an end-gable entry porch asymmetrically placed on the
front end. This porch is flanked by a deep polygonal hay topped by
a heilcurve roof- whose eaves curl up to form an "eyebrow" over an
arched second-story - window. A gabled side dl extends beyond this
polygonal bay, terminating in a hip-roof pavilion with an "eyebrow"
eaves bend over--its second story window. The- street gable of the
main block has a shallow proj ection at attic level, surmounted by
a bulging curved hood over the windows. The house was built For
Mrs - J. R - Skinner of Cincinnati and later became the property of
Mrs. Skinner’s cousin’s widow, Mrs. William P. Anderson.
131 Spite House, also known as the Studio, now Sunnymere ca 1895, altered
1900 : A 1½-story, gable-roof, compact L-plan dwelling with clapboard
and shingle wall cover, a front veranda partly recessed into the house
mass, and a screened side porch. A number of gabled and shed dormers
create an irregular roof profile. Miss hi. Adams had this cottage
built immediately abutting Beiveduto see number 132 because Belveduto
obstructed the ocean view -From Wawaloam, her house on Westerly Road;
hence the name Spite House. - -
132 Belveduto ca 1890 : A 2½-story, hip-rooF, cubical -mass dwell ing with
a front veranda terminating in a circular gazebo, a frontal projection
over the veranda, a side eli , a side balcony, and gabled dormers - The
house was built for Westerly businessman George N. Burdick.
NC 133 House ca 1950: A 1-story, hip-roof, ranch-type dwelling with asym
metrical fenestration, picture windows, and sliding plate-glass doors -
See Continuation Sheet /30