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Continuation sheet 46 - Item number 7 Page 47
‘4atch Hill Road cont. -
Watch Hill Poad. The rear elevation, facing Sequan Road, is more
readily visible than the house’s facade. It has a shallow, endgambrel
dl at one end and a broad, hip-roof dormer unit at the
other end that rises two full stories above the first floor of the
main block. This tower-like mass contains - an off-center, arched
staircase window balanced- by a picturesque-array of asymmetrically
placed rectangular windows of varied size. The facade northerly
side has a recessed veranda sheltering a centi-al entrance. The
house was built for a Miss Carras and was, for a number of years the
summer residence of the Detrick sisters of Baltimore, daughters of
Jacob Stoil Detrick, a mechanical engineer and inventor who was
president of the Detrick 1-larvey Machine Company.
208 Merrivale 1903 : A Modern Colonial dwelling with a massive flank
gambrel roof containing its second story and attic. It is oriented
- end to the street on a lot at the corner of Popon Road. The end
fronting on Watch lilt’ Road contains a recessed Tuscan-column porch
enclosed with screens . On the flank facing Popon Road there is
a small 1-story projection and a long shed dormer with a small hiproof
central unit that rises to a full 3-story height. Some of the
windows have been repl acedi w th modern sash
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209 York House ca 1845 with additions ca 1895 : A 2½-story, end-gahlI -
roof, side-hall-plan Greek Revival dwelling with a 3-story, octagonal
pyramidal -roof corner tower added in the late 19th cehtury and a
modern 1-story, flat-roof side addition with a picture window. Al 1
of the original windows have been replaced wi tli modern casement sash.
The house was owned by J .C - York in the late 19th century.
210 Fairview l870s : A 1½-story, mansard-roof; s.ide-hall-plan cottage
with a front veranda, an off-center front gambrel, a- side gambrel
proiectng over a sidle hay window, and shed-hooded dormers in the
iim;insa rd - ‘l’he gainbre I s a m’c t m i mined wit-h ha rgeho;m rds con ta I im i rig cut’ -
out Im ea r t and cross slm apes - For many yea ‘s tim is was tli e res i deuce
of Postmaster W.N. York.
211 Hunt Cottage, later Greycote ca 1850 : A 2½-story, flank-gable
r’oo.f dwe l iii ng w i th a cent NI I. en t rance , a front veranda , a ccii t ra I
end-gable pro7ection containing a bay window over the veranda, gabled
dormers , overhanging eaves trimmed with hargehoards , and a 1½- story
rear dl - The exterior is covered with a combination of verticalhoard
and clapboard siding. Originally built for Dr. Hunt, the
house was altered for Dudley Phelps in 1902. -
- See Continuation Sheet //47