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Edward Willis House

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c. 1807. 95 Spring St.

The compelling feature of the two-story half house at number 89 is the abrupt verticality of its gambrel roof, which is repeated in the adjacent tiny one-and-one-half-story, five-bay gambrel at number 95, moved from its original site a few blocks south and dated to c. 1807, but very conservative in style for that time.

Writing Credits

Author: 
William H. Jordy et al.
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  • Location:
    Newport, Rhode Island
    Regional Overviews:
    The Islands, Newport, Harbor Area
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Citation

William H. Jordy et al., "Edward Willis House", [Newport, Rhode Island], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/RI-01-NE50.

Print Source

Buildings of Rhode Island, William H. Jordy, with Ronald J. Onorato and William McKenzie Woodward. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004, 532-533.

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