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J. H. Parkis House

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c. 1885. 177–179 North Main St.

The Parkis House provides a stiff example of the Queen Anne style with fine decorative shingling in its gables, ornamental banding at bay windows and eaves, and a front porch of turned columns and spindlework—this for the postmaster and proprietor of the village general store.

Writing Credits

Author: 
William H. Jordy et al.
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Citation

William H. Jordy et al., "J. H. Parkis House", [North Smithfield, Rhode Island], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/RI-01-NS26.

Print Source

Buildings of Rhode Island, William H. Jordy, with Ronald J. Onorato and William McKenzie Woodward. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004, 246-247.

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