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Captain John Warren House (Henry Collins House)

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Henry Collins House
Between 1736 and 1758. Before 1775, enlarged toward the garden. c. 1795–1800, door and probably dormers. 62 Washington St.
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The very regularly paired windows of the Hunter House are more casually ordered in this slightly earlier house, with window intervals different on either side of the remodeled fanlighted and pedimented door. A beam projects from the north side for use as an attic crane.

Writing Credits

Author: 
William H. Jordy et al.
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What's Nearby

Thomas Robinson House
St. John the Evangelist Rectory (John Dennis House)
William Crandall House
John Chadwick House and Adjacent House
William Hunter House (Jonathan Nichols–Colonel Joseph Wanton House)

Citation

William H. Jordy et al., "Captain John Warren House (Henry Collins House)", [Newport, Rhode Island], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/RI-01-NE13.

Print Source

Buildings of Rhode Island, William H. Jordy, with Ronald J. Onorato and William McKenzie Woodward. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004, 523-523.

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