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W. Watts Sherman house

architect

Henry Hobson Richardson

location

Newport, RI.

date

1874-75

style

Stick Style

construction

wood and brick

type

House
 
  a: front
 
  b: W. Watts Sherman house, Newport, RI, 1874-76 (H. H. Richardson), detail of front, photo 1988, J. Cohen.
 
  c: perspective sketch by Stanford White, New York Sketchbook of Architecture, 1875, 2: pl.18.
 
  d: W. Watts Sherman house, Newport, RI, 1874-76 (H. H. Richardson), hall interior, sketch by Stanford
White, New York Sketchbook of Architecture, 1875, 2: pl.19.
 

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