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