Barker Block (ca 1900, 1982-83) - The Red Parrot (Newport, Rhode Island)

 restaurant, place with historical importance, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places

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The Red Parrot building is listed on the National Register of Historical Places in Newport. It was built in 1898 by John Alton Barker as a meat packing house.

Ample seating, family friendly popular restaurant in the heart of downtown.

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A 3-story brick-and-stone Two-Part Commercial Block with a late 20th-century Neo-Victorian plate-glass-and-pier storefront; 1-over-1 windows; 2-story oriel windows at the northwest and southwest corners of the upper stories, the gable-roof northern one projecting from and parallel to the wall plane of the west elevation and the high-hip-roof southern one at a 45° angle to and intersecting the west and south elevations; and paneled parapet at the edge of the flat roof. J. Alton Barker built this to house his meat market on the ground floor, and the upper floors were rented to others. By the 1970s, this building was heavily altered by several changes to fenestration, stucco surfaces over the original brick, and partial removal and encapsulation of the prominent oriels. Thames Street Associates carried out the thoughtful restoration in the early 1980s, and subsequent efforts include the restoration of the brick wall surfaces.
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