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

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Continuation sheet 3Q item number 7 Page 3]<br />

Niantic Avenue cont.<br />

134 Intermere, now Pine Beach ca 1887: A large 2½-story Shingle Style<br />

dwelling with a complex, modified M-gahle ro<strong>of</strong> embellished with subsidiary<br />

jerkin-head and hip forms and a number <strong>of</strong> hip, gable, and shed<br />

dormers. The house has an <strong>of</strong>f-center gabled entrance portico, asym<br />

metrical fenestration, horizontal breaks in the shingle cladding to<br />

delineate story levels, and glazed porches overlooking the ocean.<br />

The house was built for Sherman W. Kneval.<br />

N[NIGRE’F AVENUE -<br />

135 Briarock 1911-12: A rambling, asymmetrical, 2-story dwelling<br />

- covered by low-pitch hip-ro<strong>of</strong>s with deep eaves. The house mass is<br />

- broken by porches which are partly recessed. The building’s hon zontal<br />

ground-hugging character and lack <strong>of</strong> applied detail give it an<br />

appearance similar to a modern ranch house. The house was built for<br />

ChaHes V. Jones <strong>of</strong> Cincinnati, an attorney who also served at various<br />

times as president, secretary, and treasurer <strong>of</strong> the Little Miami<br />

Railroad and as president <strong>of</strong> the Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company.<br />

136 Sunnymede ca 1890 with later alterations-.- A 2½-story, end-gable -<br />

ro<strong>of</strong> dwelling with a side-hall entrance sheltered by a low-hip-ro<strong>of</strong>,<br />

columned portico; a 3-bay, polygonal, hip-ro<strong>of</strong> side bay with side<br />

extensions covered by shed ro<strong>of</strong>s in a wing-like configuration; a<br />

glazed, octagonal "gazebo" porch on one rear corner, and a side porch.<br />

The house originally had a 3-story, ogee-domed front corner tower<br />

- and a wraparound veranda which have been removed, and its original<br />

staggered-butt shingle cladding has been covered with aluminum siding.<br />

The house was built for Frank J. Jones <strong>of</strong> Cincinnati.<br />

137 Pinecr<strong>of</strong>t, later Tick-Tock House, now Minnebama 1899-1900; William<br />

Ralph Emerson <strong>of</strong> Boston, architect: A 2½-story, hip-ro<strong>of</strong> Colonial<br />

- Revival dwelling with a symmetrical 3:hay facade, a central end-gable<br />

roo F entrance pavilion, a front veranda, a dentil cornice, and hip<br />

roo F dormer. ‘Ihe second-story window in the entrance pavilion is<br />

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