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State Police Barracks

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1935, Jackson, Robertson and Adams. 838 East Main Rd.

Another of this firm's barracks in a Mid-Atlantic Colonial Revival style characteristic of New Deal building, with central block, hyphens, and end wings, this example is interestingly sited close to the wealthy enclave of Vanderbilt farms to the east.

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Author: 
William H. Jordy et al.
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William H. Jordy et al., "State Police Barracks", [Portsmouth, Rhode Island], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/RI-01-PO10.

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Buildings of Rhode Island, William H. Jordy, with Ronald J. Onorato and William McKenzie Woodward. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004, 503-503.

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