
Influenced by Provençal architecture, a rarity in Jamestown (although it was a favorite source of Albert Harkness, who designed a variant farther up the bluff), this example in stone has a two-story “living hall” with exposed gable truss construction overhead. A bedroom and service wing projecting on either side make a protected garden court facing the sea. Harkness's second wife Hope owned just such a Provençal house in Middletown designed by another architect using the same formula but different massing. Here Harkness seems to have adapted