Phillip Stevens House (circa 1745) (Newport, Rhode Island)

 house, place with historical importance

The Phillip Stevens House, c.1745, is on its original site. It is a four bay square plan house with a gable roof. The house has two stories and has a fine pediment doorway that seems to be original. The chimney in this house is located so that fireplaces on each floor heat the front and back rooms. The more usual plan for a house of this date would position the chimney so that three rooms could be served by individual fireplaces on each floor, leaving only the narrow room occupying the single bay unheated. In the case of the Stevens House this is the bay to the right of the front door.
(cont.- www.newportrestoration.org/preservation/historic_houses...

Stevens, a painter and glazer, bought the property in 1816. Prior to his purchasing it, the property belonged to other members of the extended, well known stone-carving family.