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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 />
Inventory-Nomination Form<br />
received<br />
Continuation sheet 42 Item number 7 - Page 43<br />
ddge Road cont.<br />
married actor Douglas Fairbanks in 1907. A number <strong>of</strong> Fairbank’s<br />
show-business colleagues visited here--among them Charlie Chaplin<br />
and Harold Lloyd--and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., spent summers here<br />
as a child.<br />
188 The Arches, now Ridgecrest 1903 with later alterations: A 21-story,<br />
- hip-ro<strong>of</strong> Colonial Revival dwelling in the form o F a long, contained<br />
rectangular block. A slightly projecting, shallow hip-ro<strong>of</strong>, central<br />
entrance pavilion is fronted by a semicircular Tuscan-column portico<br />
with a ro<strong>of</strong> balustrade. A tripartite window above this portico is -<br />
framed by carved garland panels. The fenestration on the facade is<br />
asymmflrical, incorporating a single oval window in the arrangement.<br />
There were originally recessed porches in each end <strong>of</strong> the house; one<br />
has been enclosed, the other has been glassed in to make a sun porch.<br />
The ro<strong>of</strong> mass is broken by stone chimneys and hip-ro<strong>of</strong> dormers. The<br />
house was built for Mrs. C. Byron Cottrelb <strong>of</strong> Westerly.<br />
189 Sunny Ledge ca 1915: A Modern Colonial dwelling with a massive<br />
flank-gambrel ro<strong>of</strong> containing the second story and attic. It is<br />
oriented with its back to Ridge Road, with a projecting, 1½-story,<br />
steep-gable-ro<strong>of</strong> eli projecting from one corner. The street eleva<br />
tion is asymmetrical. An entrance is located in the end opposite<br />
the gabled ell.<br />
SEQUAN ROAD<br />
NC 190 Lyman B. G<strong>of</strong>f -House 1973; Lyman B. G<strong>of</strong>f, architect: A multi-level<br />
Contemporary-style dwelling built on a hillside, composed <strong>of</strong> asym<br />
metrically stacked, flat-ro<strong>of</strong>, box-like units, it has verticalhoard<br />
siding and large plate-glass windows.<br />
NC 191 House mid-2Oth century: A 1-story, hip-ro<strong>of</strong>, ranch-type dwelling<br />
with garage hays recessed into the contained rectangular-block mass<br />
<strong>of</strong> the house.<br />
192 Llecttic Substation 1914 : A tiny 1-story, end-gable- ro<strong>of</strong>, brick<br />
structure with segmental-arch doors and windows and massive interior<br />
end chimneys. it was built as a-high-power transformer station for<br />
the Norwich Westerly Traction Company trolley line.<br />
- SUNSET AVENUE<br />
193 Lillian Washburn House 1912: A compact 2½-story, hip-ro<strong>of</strong>, cubicalmass,<br />
vernacular Shingle Style/Colonial Revival dwelling with a re<br />
cessed entrance porch running along one side, a 1-story addition on<br />
See Continuation Sheet #43
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