Jacob and Robert Barney House (Newport, Rhode Island)

 house, place with historical importance

2008 - "The Jacob and Robert Barney House, at the corner of Spring and Touro streets in Newport, has been resting on braces since early this week so crews could remove the 300-year-old building's first floor, which was added in 1922.
Newport Historical Society records show that in 1702 the city transferred land at the site to Jonathan Barney, who built a house there. His grandson Jacob Barney expanded the house sometime during the 1750s. The addition at the northern end of the home almost doubled its size; that’s when the current gambrel-style roof was built. Newport Collaborative Architects Inc. is drawing up plans to restore the house’s exterior to its original appearance.

During the Victorian era of the late 19th century, the look of the home changed when a bay window and new windows were added. However, the architects have found window casings in the attic from the 1700s, so the architects know what the original Georgian-era windows looked like."