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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partly enclos ed and its original posts have been replaced by wrought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

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