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Walter F. Fontaine House

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1925, Walter F. Fontaine. 211 Glen Rd.
  • (Photographs by Sterling Vernon)

Built in the latter part of his career as Woonsocket's premier architect, Walter Fontaine's own residence confirms his interest in understated stylistic elements (here nominally Neo-Tudor), his understanding of brick, and his skill in designing picturesque compositions. A two-story bay window locked into the entrance shelter is the fulcrum for a symmetrical vertical composition of openings under a tightly contained gable to the right and horizontal asymmetry under a skewed gable to the left, with one slope making a long slide over a glazed porch or garden room.

Writing Credits

Author: 
William H. Jordy et al.
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Citation

William H. Jordy et al., "Walter F. Fontaine House", [Woonsocket, Rhode Island], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/RI-01-WO27.

Print Source

Buildings of Rhode Island, William H. Jordy, with Ronald J. Onorato and William McKenzie Woodward. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004, 233-233.

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