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Architectural Change in Colonial Rhode Island : The Mott House as a Case Study

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Collection Type

  • Books and periodicals

Date

1979

GUSN

GUSN-169866

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Description

The Mott House was located on a 100-acre tract of land on the west shore of Aquindack Island in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. When the house was moved in 1973, and its removal provided a rare opportunity to study its structural complexity. Dell Upton takes a look inside the Mott House.

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Additional Identification Number

Article ID 247

Collection Code

SC001

Collection Name

Old-Time New England

Reference Code

SC001.1979.069.255.002

Abstract

The Mott House was located on a 100-acre tract of land on the west shore of Aquindack Island in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. When the house was moved in 1973, and its removal provided a rare opportunity to study its structural complexity. Dell Upton takes a look inside the Mott House.

Date Notes

Volume 69, Number 255 (Winter/Spring, 1979)

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Originator

Dell Upton (Author)

Publications Referencing This Collection

(1979). Old Time New England. Boston, Mass.: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities.

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Item

Place of Publication

Boston, Mass.

Publisher

Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities

Publisher Series

Old Time New England

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