Indian Spring, the LeRoy King House / King-Glover-Bradley Plat (Newport, Rhode Island)

 place with historical importance, estate (manor / mansion land)

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Indian Spring, the LeRoy King House (ca 1929;Frederick Rhinelander King [New York], architect):

A whitewashed brick, asymmetrical-H-plan, cross-gable-roof house with the main block as the crossbar; the 3-bay side-hall-entrance façade of the main block has a pedimented principal entrance and large oculus windows at the attic level. Metal casement windows are regularly spaced on the secondary elevations, and the south elevation of the main block has French doors that overlook a terrace partially enclosed by wings projecting south from the east and west of the main block. A pair of chimneys rise from each end of the main-block roof’s south slope. The west wall of the west section extends beyond the mass of the house to enclose a garden, which terminates in a small partially enclosed pavilion. To the east of the house are 2 end-gable-roof, 2-stall garages at right angles to each other.

This house was built at the eastern end of a parcel comprising five lots of the King-Glover-Bradley Plat on land formerly owned by King’s grandparents Edward (1815-1875) and Mary Augusta Leroy King (1829-1905), who owned much of the acreage in this area for most of the 19th and well into the 20th century. Mrs King and her son George Gordon King were the primary forces behind the development of that plat. King (1884-1962) was a New York lawyer; the architect was his brother.

The property still comprises about 34 acres, one of the largest individually held parcels within the district; preservation of both the buildings and the open space is critical to maintaining the historic and visual integrity of the district, all the more so because of its adjacency to Berry Hill (see 25 Hammersmith Road). (4 contributing elements: 3 buildings, 1 site)