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NPS loon 10 qixi IMII No ‘071 -loin<br />
1121 .o UI -Ii 114<br />
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 />
For NI’S use only<br />
received<br />
date entered<br />
Continuation sheet 43 Item number 7 Page 44<br />
Sunset Avenue cont.<br />
the other side, and hipped dormers.<br />
burn <strong>of</strong> Morristown, N.J., daughter<br />
nent San Francisco newspaperman who<br />
Paraguay in the l860s<br />
NC 194 House 19<br />
type dwel<br />
cottages<br />
It was built for Lillian Wash<strong>of</strong><br />
Charles A. Washburn, a promi7<br />
served as U. S. ambassador to<br />
60s: A 1-story, flank-gable-ro<strong>of</strong>, aluminum-sided ranch<br />
ling with two small gable-ro<strong>of</strong>, mid-ZOth century guest<br />
in the hack yard.<br />
195 Moorcr<strong>of</strong>t, now Acropolis ca 1885 : A low 2-story, hip-ro<strong>of</strong>, cubical-<br />
mass dwelling with its second-sto ry windows contained in gabled<br />
dormers breaking up through the eaves. It has a semi -octagonal, flat<br />
ro<strong>of</strong> corner bay over a wrapa round veranda. The veran da has been<br />
partly enclosed and its orig inal posts have been replaced by wrought<br />
iron lattice supports. The exterior has been covered with alum mum<br />
siding. It was built by A. Maxson Company <strong>of</strong> tVesterly and was<br />
maintained by them as a ren tal cottage. The house was moved to its<br />
present site in 1902.<br />
196 Sunset View 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> encompassing its<br />
second floor and<br />
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 2½- story dl on the other flank. The<br />
house was built for Dr. E . R. Lewis, a Westerly physician.<br />
197 Bonnieview, now Stonecr<strong>of</strong>t ca 1885 with later alterations:<br />
A tall<br />
1½-story, flank-gable-r o<strong>of</strong> dwelling with a central front gable, a<br />
front veranda, and a 1- story side addition and a rear e Ii. The<br />
veranda has untisti;i 1 pos ts, square in secti on, cut. in z.i g -zag shapes.<br />
‘[here is a broach - ro<strong>of</strong> square tower in one corner Formed by the ma iii<br />
block and the rear eli. Now covered with asbes tos sidin g, the house<br />
was originally elaborately detailed, with stagg ered-but-t shi nglework<br />
plain bargehoards , and arch-moti F gable screens coin posed <strong>of</strong> tin.<br />
twisted ha lusters emulating the veranda posts. the house was hii I I t<br />
by A. Maxson Company <strong>of</strong> Westerly as a rental cottage. It was moved<br />
to this site in 1902 from another location-.<br />
198 Harvey Cottage ca 1890: A 2½-story, flank-gable-ro<strong>of</strong> dwelling with<br />
a large, central je rkin -bead- ro<strong>of</strong> dormer on the front and a gambrel -<br />
ro<strong>of</strong> rear dl. The front ro<strong>of</strong> slope extends forward to cover a re<br />
cessed veranda with turned posts and lattice trim. The jerkin-head<br />
See Continuation Sheet 1144
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