Morris L. and Charles A. Negus House (1889): A 2 1/2-story house with a 5-bay façade, wraparound porch and scrollwork brackets and paired brackets on the raking and eaves cornices. … Read More
The origin of this house after hours of digging in the vault at the Town Hall. Daniel and Mary L. Rose sold land to Bartlett Ball and John Ball (1/29/1836) Vol 9/404 (recorded … Read More
Like many of the island’s other Victorian cottages of its era, the Sheffield House was designed and constructed by local architect J. Frank Hayes. It was commissioned by the island’s … Read More
The Captain Warren A. Ball House was originally built as a classic island farmhouse. This house took on boarders during the summer months. This house was considered to have superior … Read More
Hamilton M. Ball House (1892) is a 1 3/4-story house with a 5-bay façade, center entrance, and full-width front porch. A handsome barn with exposed stone basement stands adjacent to … Read More
William Pitt Ball House (1884), built by Frank Hayes. A 2 1/2 story dwelling with a full width front porch (which originally nearly encircled the house), double bay window on the west, … Read More
Peter Marcus, a Providence jeweler and watchmaker, and his wife Anna, who married on June 2, 1882, honeymooned on the island.” What those newlyweds would have found as they … Read More
John Mott House (1837); A 5-bay façade, center entrance dwelling with a one story rear ell. Mott (1802-1856) was a farmer and his family continues to live here into the 20th … Read More
James E. Dewey, Jr. House; A 2 1/2 story house with an asymmetrical 5-bay façade, full width front porch with scrollwork brackets, and semi-octagonal bay window at one end. (Historical … Read More
