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NOS I olin III 001’<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 />
Continuation sheet 46 item number 7<br />
tVatch Hill Road cont. -<br />
For NPS use only<br />
received<br />
date entered<br />
Mit N,’ 1l-I 11111<br />
I ‘‘I Ill ,I III<br />
Page 47<br />
Watch Hill toid. The rear elevation, facing Sequan Road, is -more<br />
readily visible than the house’s facade. It has a shallow, endgambrel<br />
ell at one end and a broad, hip-ro<strong>of</strong> dormer unit at the<br />
other end that rises two full stories above the first floor <strong>of</strong> the<br />
main block. This tower-like mass contains-an <strong>of</strong>f-center, arched<br />
staircase window balanced by a picturesque array <strong>of</strong> asymmetrically<br />
placed rectangular windows <strong>of</strong> varied size. The facade northerly<br />
side has a recessed veranda sheltering a central entrance. The<br />
house was built’ for a Miss Carras and was for a number <strong>of</strong> years the<br />
summer residence <strong>of</strong> the Detrick sisters <strong>of</strong> Baltimore, daughters <strong>of</strong><br />
Jacob Stoll Detrick, a mechanical engineer and inventor who was<br />
president <strong>of</strong> the Detrick Harvey Machine Company.<br />
208 Merrivale 1903 : A Modern Colonial<br />
gambrel ro<strong>of</strong> containing its second s<br />
end to the street on a lot at the co<br />
fronting on Watch [hill’ Road contains a<br />
enclosed with screens . On the flan<br />
a small 1-story projection and a long<br />
ro<strong>of</strong> central unit that rises to a full<br />
windows have been repi aced with modern<br />
AUWTNNET AVENUE<br />
209 York House ca<br />
ro<strong>of</strong>, side-hall<br />
pyramidal-ro<strong>of</strong><br />
modern 1-story,<br />
<strong>of</strong> the original wind<br />
The house was owned<br />
dwell ing with a massive flank<br />
tory and attic. It is oriented<br />
rner <strong>of</strong> Popon Road. The end<br />
recessed Tuscan-column porch<br />
k facing Popon Road there is<br />
shed dormer with a small hip-<br />
3-story height. Some <strong>of</strong> the<br />
sash.<br />
1845 with additions<br />
-plan Greek Revival<br />
ca 1895<br />
dwelling<br />
A 2½- story, end -gable -<br />
with a 3-story octagonal<br />
corner tower added in the lat e 19th century and a<br />
flat-ro<strong>of</strong> side add ition with a pict ure wn dow. All<br />
ows have been replaced with modern casement sash.<br />
by J.C. York in the late 19th century.<br />
210 Fairview l870s: A<br />
with a front veranda<br />
1½-story, mansard-ro<strong>of</strong>-,’ side-hall-plan cottage<br />
an <strong>of</strong>f-center front gambrel, a side gambrel<br />
projecting<br />
mansard .<br />
out heart<br />
over a si de hay window, and shed-hooded dorme rs in the<br />
ftc g a in bre i S a me trimmed w I thi bargeboa i-ds con ta in i ng cut<br />
and cross shapes . For many years th is was the res i deuce<br />
<strong>of</strong>’ Postmaster W.N. York.<br />
211 Hunt<br />
roo F<br />
Cottage, later Greycote<br />
dwell ing iv i th a cent ml<br />
ca 1850:<br />
cut r ance<br />
A 2½-story, Flank-gahle<br />
end-gable<br />
dormers,<br />
rear dl.<br />
projection containing a<br />
overhanging eaves trimmed<br />
The exterior is covered<br />
board and clapboard siding. Origin<br />
house was altered for Dudley Phelps<br />
, a front veranda, a central<br />
bay window over the veranda, gabled<br />
with bargehoards, and a 1½-story<br />
with a combination <strong>of</strong> verticalally<br />
built for Dr. Hunt, the<br />
in 1902<br />
See Continuation Sheet #47