Lewis Tower House

Lewis Tower House
Location Cumberland, Rhode Island
Coordinates 41°57′14″N 71°26′33″W / 41.95389°N 71.44250°W / 41.95389; -71.44250Coordinates: 41°57′14″N 71°26′33″W / 41.95389°N 71.44250°W / 41.95389; -71.44250
Built 1825
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Federal
NRHP Reference # 82000010 [1]
Added to NRHP August 30, 1982

The Lewis Tower House is an historic house at 2199 Mendon Road in Cumberland, Rhode Island.

Built c. 1825, it is a Federal style house that is two-and-one-half-stories with a flank gable roof and an L-plan. The house is set into a small hill and has a one-and-one half-story, gabled ell at the rear. An original, two-story, hip-roof veranda extends across the front; its second story level continues along the side and ell. The veranda roof slope is integral with those of the main house and ell. There is a central entrance on each story in the five-bay facade beneath the veranda; the second-story entrance has sidelights and decorative trim. The house was probably standing when Lewis Tower purchased a 19-acre farmstead here from Philip Thomas in 1833.[2]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Lewis Tower House" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-08-04.


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