. The history of Newport, New Hampshire, from 1766 to 1878 . e measure appreciated. Business Buildings. The Tontine, in its day, was themost famous structure. It stood upon the east side of the com-mon, on the spot now occupied by the Methodist chapel andthe two residences at the north of it. It was one hundred andfifty feet long, and four stories high. It had twenty-four nine-teen-foot rooms, besides almost a countless number of backrooms, bed-rooms, etc. It had five huge stacks of chimneys,with large ovens in each story. The front roof projected sev-eral feet, forming a sort of awning, which
. The history of Newport, New Hampshire, from 1766 to 1878 . e measure appreciated. Business Buildings. The Tontine, in its day, was themost famous structure. It stood upon the east side of the com-mon, on the spot now occupied by the Methodist chapel andthe two residences at the north of it. It was one hundred andfifty feet long, and four stories high. It had twenty-four nine-teen-foot rooms, besides almost a countless number of backrooms, bed-rooms, etc. It had five huge stacks of chimneys,with large ovens in each story. The front roof projected sev-eral feet, forming a sort of awning, which was supported bypillars. It was built in iSi8, by Col. William Cheney, forstores and mechanics shops, with tenements above. It wasconsidered, at the time of its erection, the most magnificentbuilding in this portion of the state, and in its earlier days wasoccupied by the more fashionable people. In 1S51 it was takendown, and the materials were wrought into the buildings thatoccupy its former site. The Whittemore & Hurd block was built by Amos Little,. RICHARDS BLOCK. VILLAGE, ETC. 26/ Esq., for a hat shop, and was enlarged by the present owners;the building now occupied by Fairbanks & Royce, by JohnEuss, for a shoe-shop and store ; Burkes block, by James Breck,about 1S36, for a store ; Whitney store, by Simon Brown, for aprinting-office; Woodburys block, by Amos O. Woodbury,1871 ; barbers shop, by Rufus P. Dudley, 1870 ; Browns office,by A. O. Woodbury, for a jewellers store ; Stowells building,by Farnsworth & Hatch, for a store ; Chases building, by JohnB. Stowell; Richards block, by Dexter Richards, in 1874;Cheney block, by Col. William Cheney, for a dwelling,—en-larged and refitted by Dexter Richards in 1873 ; the Nettletonblock, by B. Nettleton and F. W. Lewis ; Bowerss office, byS. L. Bowers ; Wheelers block, by Edmund Wheeler, in 1858 ;Eagle block, by James Breck and Josiah Forsaith, in 1825, fora hotel; the Hubbell block, by William W. Hubbell, in county bui
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