2 Shepard Ave
Newport, RI 02840, USA

  • Architectural Style: Queen Anne
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  • Year Built: 1876
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  • Square Feet: 6,800 sqft
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  • Architectural Style: Queen Anne
  • Year Built: 1876
  • Square Feet: 6,800 sqft
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May 26, 2023

  • Charmaine Bantugan

2 Shepard Avenue, Newport, RI, USA

Original Owner: William Watts Sherman Architect: H. H. Richardson

2 Shepard Avenue, Newport, RI, USA

Original Owner: William Watts Sherman Architect: H. H. Richardson

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William Watts Sherman House, 2 Shepard Ave Newport, Newport County, RI

Designed by Henry Hobson Richardson, with interiors by Stanford White, the William Watts Sherman House, erected in 1875-1876, is the prototype of the shingled Tudor Manor House in America. In his successful design of the Sherman House, which is generally considered to be one of his masterpieces of domestic architecture, Richardson forcefully brought the Queen Anne architectural mode to the attention of American architects.

William Watts Sherman House, 2 Shepard Ave Newport, Newport County, RI

Designed by Henry Hobson Richardson, with interiors by Stanford White, the William Watts Sherman House, erected in 1875-1876, is the prototype of the shingled Tudor Manor House in America. In his successful design of the Sherman House, which is generally considered to be one of his masterpieces of domestic architecture, Richardson forcefully brought the Queen Anne architectural mode to the attention of American architects.

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