An architectural monograph on old homes of Newburyport, Massachusetts, . mulated, amongthem the story of a shipload of warming-panssent to the West Indies, where they were soldat great profit as ladles for use in sugar re-fineries. An old print shows how this houselooked in Timothy Dexters time, when it hada sort of forecourt between it and the street,around which were ranged on high pedestals anumber of wooden statues representing George now occupied by the Dalton Club, it is notknown just when this was built, but its builder,Michael Dalton, bought the land in 1746,which would place the date
An architectural monograph on old homes of Newburyport, Massachusetts, . mulated, amongthem the story of a shipload of warming-panssent to the West Indies, where they were soldat great profit as ladles for use in sugar re-fineries. An old print shows how this houselooked in Timothy Dexters time, when it hada sort of forecourt between it and the street,around which were ranged on high pedestals anumber of wooden statues representing George now occupied by the Dalton Club, it is notknown just when this was built, but its builder,Michael Dalton, bought the land in 1746,which would place the date of its erection later,at all events, than that. The boarding of thefront is coursed in imitation of stone. The in-terior finish is very good and there is a particu-larly fine staircase with twisted newels andbalusters. It was in this house that GeorgeWashington stayed when on his journey throughthe New England States. An unusual featureof this house is the great breadth of its fagade,which made it possible to have five dormers inthe roof without any sense of THE WHITE PINE MONOGRAPH SERIES A still older type of two-storied house hav-ing a plain pitched roof is the Short house,No. 6 High Street, Newbury, which was builtsoon after 1717, when the land was acquiredby Nathaniel Knight, and is given an unusualcharacter by the large square chimney in eachgable, the gable ends of the house being ofbrick. The front door of this house is of akind unusual in that part of the country, withits pair of doors and the narrow light over doors are undoubtedly the original onesand are of interest on that account, as few In Newbury and Oldtown and the outlyingportions of Newburyport are numerous farm-houses of the simple and dignified type foundalmost everywhere in New England, but theindividual character of Newburyport is chieflygiven by the square three-storied MansionHouses, of which so many are found in theHigh Street. Newburyport, although to-day manufacturinghas taken t
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