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John Dagget House, Slater Park, Pawtucket, Providence County, RI

John Dagget House, Slater Park, Pawtucket, Providence County, RI

Public domain photograph of a memorial plaque, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Atwood-Higgins House, Bound Brook Island Road, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, MA

Atwood-Higgins House, Bound Brook Island Road, Wellfleet, Barnstable C...

Significance: This is a fine specimen of a Cape Cod "double house," and Dr. Ernest Allen Connally, HABS Architect and historian, in his survey of Cape Cod houses in the summer of 1959, reported that this was lo... More

Atwood-Higgins House, Bound Brook Island Road, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, MA

Atwood-Higgins House, Bound Brook Island Road, Wellfleet, Barnstable C...

Significance: This is a fine specimen of a Cape Cod "double house," and Dr. Ernest Allen Connally, HABS Architect and historian, in his survey of Cape Cod houses in the summer of 1959, reported that this was lo... More

Jonathan Barney House, Spring & Barney Streets, Newport, Newport County, RI

Jonathan Barney House, Spring & Barney Streets, Newport, Newport Count...

Significance: This dwelling house had a one-room plan with additions to the side and rear. Built on stone foundations and clad with clapboards on the front and shingles on the rest. It was demolished in 1945. ... More

Robert Stevens Ship Chandlery, Bowen's Wharf, Newport, Newport County, RI

Robert Stevens Ship Chandlery, Bowen's Wharf, Newport, Newport County,...

Significance: This is a typical shop and warehouse building on one of the large, fully developed wharfs characteristic of Newport's 18th century waterfront. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this stru... More

General Cyrus French House, Kingstown Road (State Route 138) & College Road, Kingston, Washington County, RI

General Cyrus French House, Kingstown Road (State Route 138) & College...

Significance: At the time of the HABS documentation (1940), the two and one-half story, clapboard and shingled house was in very poor condition and unoccupied. There was a fire the following year. The Federal... More

Valentine Whitman, Jr. House, Great Road & Meetinghouse Road, Lime Rock, Providence County, RI

Valentine Whitman, Jr. House, Great Road & Meetinghouse Road, Lime Roc...

Significance: The district officer for HABS described the building as having a fine framework with chamfering; an end chimney made of stone with a brick top; and a four-room, two deep floor plan. The authors of... More

Palmer Northrup House, 7919 Post Road (U.S. Route Alternate 1), Kingston, Washington County, RI

Palmer Northrup House, 7919 Post Road (U.S. Route Alternate 1), Kingst...

Significance: Traditionally associated with Roger Williams, that is, it has been said to be his house of 1643, this house is representative of mid seventeenth-century dwellings found in Rhode Island. At that ti... More

John Dagget House, Slater Park, Pawtucket, Providence County, RI

John Dagget House, Slater Park, Pawtucket, Providence County, RI

Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Atwood-Higgins House, Bound Brook Island Road, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, MA

Atwood-Higgins House, Bound Brook Island Road, Wellfleet, Barnstable C...

Significance: This is a fine specimen of a Cape Cod "double house," and Dr. Ernest Allen Connally, HABS Architect and historian, in his survey of Cape Cod houses in the summer of 1959, reported that this was lo... More

Wildacre, Ocean Drive, Newport, Newport County, RI

Wildacre, Ocean Drive, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Designed for Frederic Law Olmsted's brother Albert, Wildacre was Irving Gill's first commission on the East Coast. The house, with its extensive use of glass and pocket windows, invited the outsid... More

Jonathan Barney House, Spring & Barney Streets, Newport, Newport County, RI

Jonathan Barney House, Spring & Barney Streets, Newport, Newport Count...

Significance: This dwelling house had a one-room plan with additions to the side and rear. Built on stone foundations and clad with clapboards on the front and shingles on the rest. It was demolished in 1945. ... More

John W. Williams House, 33 South Baptist Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

John W. Williams House, 33 South Baptist Street, Newport, Newport Coun...

Significance: The John W. Williams House is a typical example of the Newport small houses during the Greek Revival period. Survey number: HABS RI-327 Building/structure dates: ca. 1845 Initial Construction

Benjamin Hammond Grist Mill, Hammond Hill Road, Kingston, Washington County, RI

Benjamin Hammond Grist Mill, Hammond Hill Road, Kingston, Washington C...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1, FN-3 Survey number: HABS RI-2 Building/structure dates: ca. 1757 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1856 Subsequent Work

Benjamin Hammond Grist Mill, Hammond Hill Road, Kingston, Washington County, RI

Benjamin Hammond Grist Mill, Hammond Hill Road, Kingston, Washington C...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1, FN-3 Survey number: HABS RI-2 Building/structure dates: ca. 1757 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1856 Subsequent Work

Charles H. Baldwin House, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Charles H. Baldwin House, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: The work of Potter and Robertson of New York, this is an interesting example of the Shingle Style or American version of the Queen Anne Revival. It is characterized by richly textured, decorative... More

General Cyrus French House, Kingstown Road (State Route 138) & College Road, Kingston, Washington County, RI

General Cyrus French House, Kingstown Road (State Route 138) & College...

Significance: At the time of the HABS documentation (1940), the two and one-half story, clapboard and shingled house was in very poor condition and unoccupied. There was a fire the following year. The Federal... More

General Cyrus French House, Kingstown Road (State Route 138) & College Road, Kingston, Washington County, RI

General Cyrus French House, Kingstown Road (State Route 138) & College...

Significance: At the time of the HABS documentation (1940), the two and one-half story, clapboard and shingled house was in very poor condition and unoccupied. There was a fire the following year. The Federal... More

Samuel Paine House, Longnook & Higgins Hollow Roads, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

Samuel Paine House, Longnook & Higgins Hollow Roads, Truro, Barnstable...

Significance: This is a one and a half story Cape Cod "double" house, five bays, located within the area of the proposed Cape Cod National Seashore. Survey number: HABS MA-756 Building/structure dates: ca. 18... More

Palmer Northrup House, 7919 Post Road (U.S. Route Alternate 1), Kingston, Washington County, RI

Palmer Northrup House, 7919 Post Road (U.S. Route Alternate 1), Kingst...

Significance: Traditionally associated with Roger Williams, that is, it has been said to be his house of 1643, this house is representative of mid seventeenth-century dwellings found in Rhode Island. At that ti... More

Palmer Northrup House, 7919 Post Road (U.S. Route Alternate 1), Kingston, Washington County, RI

Palmer Northrup House, 7919 Post Road (U.S. Route Alternate 1), Kingst...

Significance: Traditionally associated with Roger Williams, that is, it has been said to be his house of 1643, this house is representative of mid seventeenth-century dwellings found in Rhode Island. At that ti... More

Atwood-Higgins House, Bound Brook Island Road, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, MA

Atwood-Higgins House, Bound Brook Island Road, Wellfleet, Barnstable C...

Significance: This is a fine specimen of a Cape Cod "double house," and Dr. Ernest Allen Connally, HABS Architect and historian, in his survey of Cape Cod houses in the summer of 1959, reported that this was lo... More

Atwood-Higgins House, Bound Brook Island Road, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, MA

Atwood-Higgins House, Bound Brook Island Road, Wellfleet, Barnstable C...

Significance: This is a fine specimen of a Cape Cod "double house," and Dr. Ernest Allen Connally, HABS Architect and historian, in his survey of Cape Cod houses in the summer of 1959, reported that this was lo... More

Atwood-Higgins House, Bound Brook Island Road, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, MA

Atwood-Higgins House, Bound Brook Island Road, Wellfleet, Barnstable C...

Significance: This is a fine specimen of a Cape Cod "double house," and Dr. Ernest Allen Connally, HABS Architect and historian, in his survey of Cape Cod houses in the summer of 1959, reported that this was lo... More

Wildacre, Ocean Drive, Newport, Newport County, RI

Wildacre, Ocean Drive, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Designed for Frederic Law Olmsted's brother Albert, Wildacre was Irving Gill's first commission on the East Coast. The house, with its extensive use of glass and pocket windows, invited the outsid... More

Newport Casino, 186-202 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Newport Casino, 186-202 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: The Newport Casino was built in 1880 for James Gordon Bennett, publisher of the "New York Herald." Designed by McKim, Mead, and White, it was the fist of the suburban and resort country clubs whi... More

Newport Casino, 186-202 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Newport Casino, 186-202 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: The Newport Casino was built in 1880 for James Gordon Bennett, publisher of the "New York Herald." Designed by McKim, Mead, and White, it was the fist of the suburban and resort country clubs whi... More

Rowell House, Gull Pond Road, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, MA

Rowell House, Gull Pond Road, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, MA

Significance: A very interesting example of an early Cape Cod "house" or 1/2 house. Ernest Allen Connally, HABS Architect and historian stated that this was the most archaic type he saw during his survey of Ca... More

Benjamin Hammond Grist Mill, Hammond Hill Road, Kingston, Washington County, RI

Benjamin Hammond Grist Mill, Hammond Hill Road, Kingston, Washington C...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1, FN-3 Survey number: HABS RI-2 Building/structure dates: ca. 1757 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1856 Subsequent Work

Widow Anthony Angell House, Louisquisset Pike (State Route 146), Saylesville, Kent County, RI

Widow Anthony Angell House, Louisquisset Pike (State Route 146), Sayle...

Significance: The mid eighteenth-century dwelling house is two stories in height and covered by a gable roof. A wing, one and one-half stories with a gambrel roof, is said to have been built earlier. There is a... More

Valentine Whitman, Jr. House, Great Road & Meetinghouse Road, Lime Rock, Providence County, RI

Valentine Whitman, Jr. House, Great Road & Meetinghouse Road, Lime Roc...

Significance: The district officer for HABS described the building as having a fine framework with chamfering; an end chimney made of stone with a brick top; and a four-room, two deep floor plan. The authors of... More

Valentine Whitman, Jr. House, Great Road & Meetinghouse Road, Lime Rock, Providence County, RI

Valentine Whitman, Jr. House, Great Road & Meetinghouse Road, Lime Roc...

Significance: The district officer for HABS described the building as having a fine framework with chamfering; an end chimney made of stone with a brick top; and a four-room, two deep floor plan. The authors of... More

Samuel Paine House, Longnook & Higgins Hollow Roads, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

Samuel Paine House, Longnook & Higgins Hollow Roads, Truro, Barnstable...

Significance: This is a one and a half story Cape Cod "double" house, five bays, located within the area of the proposed Cape Cod National Seashore. Survey number: HABS MA-756 Building/structure dates: ca. 18... More

Palmer Northrup House, 7919 Post Road (U.S. Route Alternate 1), Kingston, Washington County, RI

Palmer Northrup House, 7919 Post Road (U.S. Route Alternate 1), Kingst...

Significance: Traditionally associated with Roger Williams, that is, it has been said to be his house of 1643, this house is representative of mid seventeenth-century dwellings found in Rhode Island. At that ti... More

Palmer Northrup House, 7919 Post Road (U.S. Route Alternate 1), Kingston, Washington County, RI

Palmer Northrup House, 7919 Post Road (U.S. Route Alternate 1), Kingst...

Significance: Traditionally associated with Roger Williams, that is, it has been said to be his house of 1643, this house is representative of mid seventeenth-century dwellings found in Rhode Island. At that ti... More

Newport Casino, 186-202 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Newport Casino, 186-202 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: The Newport Casino was built in 1880 for James Gordon Bennett, publisher of the "New York Herald." Designed by McKim, Mead, and White, it was the fist of the suburban and resort country clubs whi... More

Newport Casino, 186-202 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Newport Casino, 186-202 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: The Newport Casino was built in 1880 for James Gordon Bennett, publisher of the "New York Herald." Designed by McKim, Mead, and White, it was the fist of the suburban and resort country clubs whi... More

Newport Casino, 186-202 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Newport Casino, 186-202 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: The Newport Casino was built in 1880 for James Gordon Bennett, publisher of the "New York Herald." Designed by McKim, Mead, and White, it was the fist of the suburban and resort country clubs whi... More

Rowell House, Gull Pond Road, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, MA

Rowell House, Gull Pond Road, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, MA

Significance: A very interesting example of an early Cape Cod "house" or 1/2 house. Ernest Allen Connally, HABS Architect and historian stated that this was the most archaic type he saw during his survey of Ca... More

Benjamin Hammond Grist Mill, Hammond Hill Road, Kingston, Washington County, RI

Benjamin Hammond Grist Mill, Hammond Hill Road, Kingston, Washington C...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1, FN-3 Survey number: HABS RI-2 Building/structure dates: ca. 1757 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1856 Subsequent Work

Charles H. Baldwin House, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Charles H. Baldwin House, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: The work of Potter and Robertson of New York, this is an interesting example of the Shingle Style or American version of the Queen Anne Revival. It is characterized by richly textured, decorative... More

Charles H. Baldwin House, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Charles H. Baldwin House, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: The work of Potter and Robertson of New York, this is an interesting example of the Shingle Style or American version of the Queen Anne Revival. It is characterized by richly textured, decorative... More

Colonial Hotel, Beach & Ocean Avenues, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ

Colonial Hotel, Beach & Ocean Avenues, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ

Significance: Interesting example of Second Empire hotel design. Survey number: HABS NJ-850 Building/structure dates: 1894- 1895 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1905 Subsequent Work Natio... More

General Cyrus French House, Kingstown Road (State Route 138) & College Road, Kingston, Washington County, RI

General Cyrus French House, Kingstown Road (State Route 138) & College...

Significance: At the time of the HABS documentation (1940), the two and one-half story, clapboard and shingled house was in very poor condition and unoccupied. There was a fire the following year. The Federal... More

General Cyrus French House, Kingstown Road (State Route 138) & College Road, Kingston, Washington County, RI

General Cyrus French House, Kingstown Road (State Route 138) & College...

Significance: At the time of the HABS documentation (1940), the two and one-half story, clapboard and shingled house was in very poor condition and unoccupied. There was a fire the following year. The Federal... More

Thornton Homestead, Atwood Avenue & Memorial Avenue, North Providence, Providence County, RI

Thornton Homestead, Atwood Avenue & Memorial Avenue, North Providence,...

Survey number: HABS RI-80 Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Valentine Whitman, Jr. House, Great Road & Meetinghouse Road, Lime Rock, Providence County, RI

Valentine Whitman, Jr. House, Great Road & Meetinghouse Road, Lime Roc...

Significance: The district officer for HABS described the building as having a fine framework with chamfering; an end chimney made of stone with a brick top; and a four-room, two deep floor plan. The authors of... More

Valentine Whitman, Jr. House, Great Road & Meetinghouse Road, Lime Rock, Providence County, RI

Valentine Whitman, Jr. House, Great Road & Meetinghouse Road, Lime Roc...

Significance: The district officer for HABS described the building as having a fine framework with chamfering; an end chimney made of stone with a brick top; and a four-room, two deep floor plan. The authors of... More

Palmer Northrup House, 7919 Post Road (U.S. Route Alternate 1), Kingston, Washington County, RI

Palmer Northrup House, 7919 Post Road (U.S. Route Alternate 1), Kingst...

Significance: Traditionally associated with Roger Williams, that is, it has been said to be his house of 1643, this house is representative of mid seventeenth-century dwellings found in Rhode Island. At that ti... More

Palmer Northrup House, 7919 Post Road (U.S. Route Alternate 1), Kingston, Washington County, RI

Palmer Northrup House, 7919 Post Road (U.S. Route Alternate 1), Kingst...

Significance: Traditionally associated with Roger Williams, that is, it has been said to be his house of 1643, this house is representative of mid seventeenth-century dwellings found in Rhode Island. At that ti... More

Joseph Lewis House, 819 Beach Street, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ

Joseph Lewis House, 819 Beach Street, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ

Significance: A fine example of Cape May's less pretentious beach residences. Survey number: HABS NJ-854 Building/structure dates: 1870 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1905 Subsequent Work N... More

John Dagget House, Slater Park, Pawtucket, Providence County, RI

John Dagget House, Slater Park, Pawtucket, Providence County, RI

Public domain photograph of a house, cottage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Dockray House, Dockray Street, Wakefield, Washington County, RI

John Dockray House, Dockray Street, Wakefield, Washington County, RI

Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Atwood-Higgins House, Bound Brook Island Road, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, MA

Atwood-Higgins House, Bound Brook Island Road, Wellfleet, Barnstable C...

Significance: This is a fine specimen of a Cape Cod "double house," and Dr. Ernest Allen Connally, HABS Architect and historian, in his survey of Cape Cod houses in the summer of 1959, reported that this was lo... More

Newport Casino, 186-202 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Newport Casino, 186-202 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: The Newport Casino was built in 1880 for James Gordon Bennett, publisher of the "New York Herald." Designed by McKim, Mead, and White, it was the fist of the suburban and resort country clubs whi... More

Benjamin Hammond Grist Mill, Hammond Hill Road, Kingston, Washington County, RI

Benjamin Hammond Grist Mill, Hammond Hill Road, Kingston, Washington C...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1, FN-3 Survey number: HABS RI-2 Building/structure dates: ca. 1757 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1856 Subsequent Work

Benjamin Hammond Grist Mill, Hammond Hill Road, Kingston, Washington County, RI

Benjamin Hammond Grist Mill, Hammond Hill Road, Kingston, Washington C...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1, FN-3 Survey number: HABS RI-2 Building/structure dates: ca. 1757 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1856 Subsequent Work

Widow Anthony Angell House, Louisquisset Pike (State Route 146), Saylesville, Kent County, RI

Widow Anthony Angell House, Louisquisset Pike (State Route 146), Sayle...

Significance: The mid eighteenth-century dwelling house is two stories in height and covered by a gable roof. A wing, one and one-half stories with a gambrel roof, is said to have been built earlier. There is a... More

Colonial Hotel, Beach & Ocean Avenues, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ

Colonial Hotel, Beach & Ocean Avenues, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ

Significance: Interesting example of Second Empire hotel design. Survey number: HABS NJ-850 Building/structure dates: 1894- 1895 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1905 Subsequent Work Natio... More

General Cyrus French House, Kingstown Road (State Route 138) & College Road, Kingston, Washington County, RI

General Cyrus French House, Kingstown Road (State Route 138) & College...

Significance: At the time of the HABS documentation (1940), the two and one-half story, clapboard and shingled house was in very poor condition and unoccupied. There was a fire the following year. The Federal... More

Valentine Whitman, Jr. House, Great Road & Meetinghouse Road, Lime Rock, Providence County, RI

Valentine Whitman, Jr. House, Great Road & Meetinghouse Road, Lime Roc...

Significance: The district officer for HABS described the building as having a fine framework with chamfering; an end chimney made of stone with a brick top; and a four-room, two deep floor plan. The authors of... More

Ephraim Rich House, Pump Log Point, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

Ephraim Rich House, Pump Log Point, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

Significance: This is a Cape Cod "double house," 5 bay exterior, located within the proposed Cape Cod National Seashore. It is typical of the type built on Cape Cod in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. ... More

Ephraim Rich House, Pump Log Point, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

Ephraim Rich House, Pump Log Point, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

Significance: This is a Cape Cod "double house," 5 bay exterior, located within the proposed Cape Cod National Seashore. It is typical of the type built on Cape Cod in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. ... More

Ephraim Rich House, Pump Log Point, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

Ephraim Rich House, Pump Log Point, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

Significance: This is a Cape Cod "double house," 5 bay exterior, located within the proposed Cape Cod National Seashore. It is typical of the type built on Cape Cod in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. ... More

Samuel Paine House, Longnook & Higgins Hollow Roads, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

Samuel Paine House, Longnook & Higgins Hollow Roads, Truro, Barnstable...

Significance: This is a one and a half story Cape Cod "double" house, five bays, located within the area of the proposed Cape Cod National Seashore. Survey number: HABS MA-756 Building/structure dates: ca. 18... More

Palmer Northrup House, 7919 Post Road (U.S. Route Alternate 1), Kingston, Washington County, RI

Palmer Northrup House, 7919 Post Road (U.S. Route Alternate 1), Kingst...

Significance: Traditionally associated with Roger Williams, that is, it has been said to be his house of 1643, this house is representative of mid seventeenth-century dwellings found in Rhode Island. At that ti... More

Palmer Northrup House, 7919 Post Road (U.S. Route Alternate 1), Kingston, Washington County, RI

Palmer Northrup House, 7919 Post Road (U.S. Route Alternate 1), Kingst...

Significance: Traditionally associated with Roger Williams, that is, it has been said to be his house of 1643, this house is representative of mid seventeenth-century dwellings found in Rhode Island. At that ti... More

Joseph Lewis House, 819 Beach Street, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ

Joseph Lewis House, 819 Beach Street, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ

Significance: A fine example of Cape May's less pretentious beach residences. Survey number: HABS NJ-854 Building/structure dates: 1870 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1905 Subsequent Work N... More

Joseph Lewis House, 819 Beach Street, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ

Joseph Lewis House, 819 Beach Street, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ

Significance: A fine example of Cape May's less pretentious beach residences. Survey number: HABS NJ-854 Building/structure dates: 1870 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1905 Subsequent Work N... More

Camp Curry, Men's Lounge (Stoneman Cabin), Curry Village, Mariposa County, CA

Camp Curry, Men's Lounge (Stoneman Cabin), Curry Village, Mariposa Cou...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N57 Survey number: HALS CA-65-D

Daniel P. Higgins House, Higgins Hollow Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

Daniel P. Higgins House, Higgins Hollow Road, Truro, Barnstable County...

Significance: This is a traditional "one-and-a-half story" Cape Cod. A house with Greek Revival details. It is classified a historic structure in the Cape Cod National Seashore. Survey number: HABS MA-747 B... More

Solomon Carpenter House, 144 South Road, Kingston, Washington County, RI

Solomon Carpenter House, 144 South Road, Kingston, Washington County, ...

Survey number: HABS RI-61 Building/structure dates: 1705 Initial Construction

Atwood-Higgins House, Bound Brook Island Road, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, MA

Atwood-Higgins House, Bound Brook Island Road, Wellfleet, Barnstable C...

Significance: This is a fine specimen of a Cape Cod "double house," and Dr. Ernest Allen Connally, HABS Architect and historian, in his survey of Cape Cod houses in the summer of 1959, reported that this was lo... More

Wildacre, Ocean Drive, Newport, Newport County, RI

Wildacre, Ocean Drive, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Designed for Frederic Law Olmsted's brother Albert, Wildacre was Irving Gill's first commission on the East Coast. The house, with its extensive use of glass and pocket windows, invited the outsid... More

Wildacre, Ocean Drive, Newport, Newport County, RI

Wildacre, Ocean Drive, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Designed for Frederic Law Olmsted's brother Albert, Wildacre was Irving Gill's first commission on the East Coast. The house, with its extensive use of glass and pocket windows, invited the outsid... More

Wildacre, Ocean Drive, Newport, Newport County, RI

Wildacre, Ocean Drive, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Designed for Frederic Law Olmsted's brother Albert, Wildacre was Irving Gill's first commission on the East Coast. The house, with its extensive use of glass and pocket windows, invited the outsid... More

The Glebe, Tower Hill Road, Kingston, Washington County, RI

The Glebe, Tower Hill Road, Kingston, Washington County, RI

Significance: This early New England house was two stories in height and four bays across the front facade. It had shingle siding and a doorway said to have been added in the nineteenth century. It is no longer... More

General Cyrus French House, Kingstown Road (State Route 138) & College Road, Kingston, Washington County, RI

General Cyrus French House, Kingstown Road (State Route 138) & College...

Significance: At the time of the HABS documentation (1940), the two and one-half story, clapboard and shingled house was in very poor condition and unoccupied. There was a fire the following year. The Federal... More

Thornton Homestead, Atwood Avenue & Memorial Avenue, North Providence, Providence County, RI

Thornton Homestead, Atwood Avenue & Memorial Avenue, North Providence,...

Survey number: HABS RI-80 Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

William Watts Sherman House, 2 Shepard Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

William Watts Sherman House, 2 Shepard Avenue, Newport, Newport County...

Significance: Designed by Henry Hobson Richardson, with interiors by Stanford White, the William Watts Sherman House, erected in 1875-1876, is the prototype of the shingled Tudor Manor House in America. In his... More

Ephraim Rich House, Pump Log Point, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

Ephraim Rich House, Pump Log Point, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

Significance: This is a Cape Cod "double house," 5 bay exterior, located within the proposed Cape Cod National Seashore. It is typical of the type built on Cape Cod in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. ... More

Samuel Paine House, Longnook & Higgins Hollow Roads, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

Samuel Paine House, Longnook & Higgins Hollow Roads, Truro, Barnstable...

Significance: This is a one and a half story Cape Cod "double" house, five bays, located within the area of the proposed Cape Cod National Seashore. Survey number: HABS MA-756 Building/structure dates: ca. 18... More

Samuel Paine House, Longnook & Higgins Hollow Roads, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

Samuel Paine House, Longnook & Higgins Hollow Roads, Truro, Barnstable...

Significance: This is a one and a half story Cape Cod "double" house, five bays, located within the area of the proposed Cape Cod National Seashore. Survey number: HABS MA-756 Building/structure dates: ca. 18... More

Palmer Northrup House, 7919 Post Road (U.S. Route Alternate 1), Kingston, Washington County, RI

Palmer Northrup House, 7919 Post Road (U.S. Route Alternate 1), Kingst...

Significance: Traditionally associated with Roger Williams, that is, it has been said to be his house of 1643, this house is representative of mid seventeenth-century dwellings found in Rhode Island. At that ti... More

Palmer Northrup House, 7919 Post Road (U.S. Route Alternate 1), Kingston, Washington County, RI

Palmer Northrup House, 7919 Post Road (U.S. Route Alternate 1), Kingst...

Significance: Traditionally associated with Roger Williams, that is, it has been said to be his house of 1643, this house is representative of mid seventeenth-century dwellings found in Rhode Island. At that ti... More

Point Breeze Hotel, 77 Easton Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA

Point Breeze Hotel, 77 Easton Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA

Survey number: HABS MA-1333 Public domain photograph of a hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Dockray House, Dockray Street, Wakefield, Washington County, RI

John Dockray House, Dockray Street, Wakefield, Washington County, RI

Public domain photograph of a house, cottage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Newport Casino, 186-202 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Newport Casino, 186-202 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: The Newport Casino was built in 1880 for James Gordon Bennett, publisher of the "New York Herald." Designed by McKim, Mead, and White, it was the fist of the suburban and resort country clubs whi... More

Rowell House, Gull Pond Road, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, MA

Rowell House, Gull Pond Road, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, MA

Significance: A very interesting example of an early Cape Cod "house" or 1/2 house. Ernest Allen Connally, HABS Architect and historian stated that this was the most archaic type he saw during his survey of Ca... More

Rowell House, Gull Pond Road, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, MA

Rowell House, Gull Pond Road, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, MA

Significance: A very interesting example of an early Cape Cod "house" or 1/2 house. Ernest Allen Connally, HABS Architect and historian stated that this was the most archaic type he saw during his survey of Ca... More

Charles H. Baldwin House, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Charles H. Baldwin House, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: The work of Potter and Robertson of New York, this is an interesting example of the Shingle Style or American version of the Queen Anne Revival. It is characterized by richly textured, decorative... More

Colonial Hotel, Beach & Ocean Avenues, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ

Colonial Hotel, Beach & Ocean Avenues, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ

Significance: Interesting example of Second Empire hotel design. Survey number: HABS NJ-850 Building/structure dates: 1894- 1895 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1905 Subsequent Work Natio... More

General Cyrus French House, Kingstown Road (State Route 138) & College Road, Kingston, Washington County, RI

General Cyrus French House, Kingstown Road (State Route 138) & College...

Significance: At the time of the HABS documentation (1940), the two and one-half story, clapboard and shingled house was in very poor condition and unoccupied. There was a fire the following year. The Federal... More

General Cyrus French House, Kingstown Road (State Route 138) & College Road, Kingston, Washington County, RI

General Cyrus French House, Kingstown Road (State Route 138) & College...

Significance: At the time of the HABS documentation (1940), the two and one-half story, clapboard and shingled house was in very poor condition and unoccupied. There was a fire the following year. The Federal... More

William Watts Sherman House, 2 Shepard Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

William Watts Sherman House, 2 Shepard Avenue, Newport, Newport County...

Significance: Designed by Henry Hobson Richardson, with interiors by Stanford White, the William Watts Sherman House, erected in 1875-1876, is the prototype of the shingled Tudor Manor House in America. In his... More

Valentine Whitman, Jr. House, Great Road & Meetinghouse Road, Lime Rock, Providence County, RI

Valentine Whitman, Jr. House, Great Road & Meetinghouse Road, Lime Roc...

Significance: The district officer for HABS described the building as having a fine framework with chamfering; an end chimney made of stone with a brick top; and a four-room, two deep floor plan. The authors of... More

Valentine Whitman, Jr. House, Great Road & Meetinghouse Road, Lime Rock, Providence County, RI

Valentine Whitman, Jr. House, Great Road & Meetinghouse Road, Lime Roc...

Significance: The district officer for HABS described the building as having a fine framework with chamfering; an end chimney made of stone with a brick top; and a four-room, two deep floor plan. The authors of... More

Valentine Whitman, Jr. House, Great Road & Meetinghouse Road, Lime Rock, Providence County, RI

Valentine Whitman, Jr. House, Great Road & Meetinghouse Road, Lime Roc...

Significance: The district officer for HABS described the building as having a fine framework with chamfering; an end chimney made of stone with a brick top; and a four-room, two deep floor plan. The authors of... More

Ephraim Rich House, Pump Log Point, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

Ephraim Rich House, Pump Log Point, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

Significance: This is a Cape Cod "double house," 5 bay exterior, located within the proposed Cape Cod National Seashore. It is typical of the type built on Cape Cod in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. ... More

Palmer Northrup House, 7919 Post Road (U.S. Route Alternate 1), Kingston, Washington County, RI

Palmer Northrup House, 7919 Post Road (U.S. Route Alternate 1), Kingst...

Significance: Traditionally associated with Roger Williams, that is, it has been said to be his house of 1643, this house is representative of mid seventeenth-century dwellings found in Rhode Island. At that ti... More

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