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United States Department <strong>of</strong> the Interior<br />
<strong>National</strong> Park Service<br />
<strong>National</strong> <strong>Register</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Historic</strong> <strong>Places</strong><br />
Inventory-Nomination Form<br />
Sunset Avenue cont.<br />
For NI’S use only<br />
received<br />
date entered<br />
Mmm In fl4 Ol<br />
I ,p III ii- 04<br />
Continuation sheet 43 I1cm number 7 Page 44<br />
the<br />
burn<br />
Paraguay in the lSôOs<br />
other side, and<br />
<strong>of</strong> Morristown,<br />
hipped<br />
N.J . ,<br />
dormers .<br />
daughter<br />
It was built<br />
<strong>of</strong> Charles A.<br />
for Li llian<br />
Washburn, a<br />
Wash<br />
promi<br />
nent San Francisco newspaperman who served as U.S. ambassador to -<br />
NC 194 House 19 GUs: A 1-story, flank-gable-ro<strong>of</strong>, aluminum-sided ranch<br />
type divel ling with two small gable-ro<strong>of</strong>, mid-2Oth century guest<br />
cottages in the back yard<br />
195 Moorci<strong>of</strong>t , now Acropolis ca 1885 : A low 2-stoy, hip-ro<strong>of</strong>, cubical-<br />
mass dwelling with its second-story windows contained in gabled<br />
dormers breaking up th r ough the eaves. It has a semi-octagonal, flat<br />
ro<strong>of</strong> corner hay over a wraparound veranda. The veranda has been<br />
partly enclos ed and its original posts have been replaced by wrought<br />
iron lattice supports. The exterior has been covered tvi th altmmi nrmm<br />
s rdmng It was built by A. Maxson F Company <strong>of</strong> Westerly and was<br />
ma i n t ai n e d by them as a rental cottage. The house was moved to its<br />
present 5 ite in .1902. -<br />
196 Sunset V jew 1899; Greenleaf Cobb <strong>of</strong> Boston, architects : A hand<br />
some Queen Anne/Shingle Style dwelling <strong>of</strong> stone and white-painted<br />
shingle, with a broad, massive flank-gable ro<strong>of</strong> encorapassing its<br />
second floor -arid attic. It is set end to the street, with recessed<br />
corner porches flanking a bay window covered by a deep overhang <strong>of</strong><br />
the gable end. It has a pair <strong>of</strong> semi-octagonal, semi -conical -ro<strong>of</strong><br />
dormers on one flank and a 2b-story eli on the other flank. The<br />
house was built for Dr. F. AZ. Lewis , a Westerly physician<br />
197 Bonnieview, no Stonecr<strong>of</strong>t ca 1885 with later alterations : A tall<br />
1½-story, flank-gable- ro<strong>of</strong> dwelling with a central front gable, a<br />
front veranda, and a I - story side additi on, and a rear dl - The<br />
verandla lmas umumsim;ml posts, sqmmare in section, cut<br />
there is a broach-roo.f square tower i,n one corner<br />
in zig-zag<br />
formned by<br />
shapes.<br />
the ma .i n<br />
block and the rear eli. Now covered with asbestos siding, the house<br />
was originally elaborately detai led, ivi th staggered-butt shimmg]ework<br />
plain bargeboards, and arch-motif ga hi e screens c.omnposed oF t.i nv<br />
twisted halusters enmimlatimig time ver:m mmd:m posts. The house was hum i I t<br />
by<br />
to<br />
A - Maxson<br />
this site<br />
Comnpany <strong>of</strong><br />
in 1902 from<br />
Westerly as a rental<br />
another location-.<br />
cottage. Tt was moved<br />
198 Ha rvey Cottage ca 1890 : A 2½-story, flank-gable-ro<strong>of</strong><br />
a large, central je rkin-head-ro<strong>of</strong> dormer on the front a<br />
ro<strong>of</strong> rear eli.<br />
cessed veranda<br />
The<br />
with<br />
front ro<strong>of</strong> slope<br />
turned posts and<br />
extends<br />
lattice<br />
forward to<br />
trim. The<br />
See Continuation Sheet 1/44<br />
dwelling with<br />
nd a gambrel -<br />
cover a rev<br />
jerk in - head