John Tripp House, (moved from 953 1/2 Manton Avenue, Manton), Manton, Providence County, RI
Summary
Significance: One of two surviving stone-enders in Newport, the John Tripp House dates to the eighteenth century and was moved from Providence in the 1960s and reconstructed on its present site. The beehive oven that projects from the exposed masonry end wall is unusual.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-23
Survey number: HABS RI-23
Building/structure dates: 1725 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1960 Subsequent Work
Tags
houses
wood structural frames
clapboard siding
beehive ovens
stone chimneys
1 1 2 stories
gambrel roofs
manton providence ri
tripp
house
john tripp house
manton
manton avenue
providence
providence county
rhode island
historic american buildings survey
library of congress
Date
1933 - 1960
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Location
Manton (Providence, R.I.)
,
41.83031, -71.46344
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html