An architectural monographs on Newport, Rhode Island, an early American seaport, . 10 THE WHITE PINE MONOGRAPH SERIES window, lookingout to a spacewhere there wasformerly a gar-den. Though ofless magnificentproportions, thishouse seems wellworth rankingwith the greathouses of similart\pe of Marble-head and New-buryport. The Wanton-Lyman - Hazardhouse, at the cor-ner of Broadwa\and Stone Street,is one of New-ports earliestexamples that re-mains in any-thing like itsoriginal condi-tion. Localtradition datesthis house be-fore 1700, and. DETAIL OF DOORWAY— 27 (,IILRCH STREET. the primitivet


An architectural monographs on Newport, Rhode Island, an early American seaport, . 10 THE WHITE PINE MONOGRAPH SERIES window, lookingout to a spacewhere there wasformerly a gar-den. Though ofless magnificentproportions, thishouse seems wellworth rankingwith the greathouses of similart\pe of Marble-head and New-buryport. The Wanton-Lyman - Hazardhouse, at the cor-ner of Broadwa\and Stone Street,is one of New-ports earliestexamples that re-mains in any-thing like itsoriginal condi-tion. Localtradition datesthis house be-fore 1700, and. DETAIL OF DOORWAY— 27 (,IILRCH STREET. the primitivetraming showingin the interior ofthe attic storyseems to sub-stantiate thisclaim, as doesthe coved plastercornice of thefaijade, a treat-ment which ismost unusualand of whichthere are few re-maining exam-ples. Sadl\ enough,this Newporthouse is doomedt o destruction,for. standing asit does on a very\aluable cornerlot on Broadway,it will soon ha\eto surrender tocommercial ne-cessity and gothe wa\ so large


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