James and Sadie K. Taussig Cottage (c. 1898) (Conanicut Island - Jamestown)

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R.W. Curry, contractor and William Chapman and Thomas Wright, builders. A two-story, cross gambrel-roofed structure with an expansive front porch supported by Tuscan columns. The informality of its shingled siding contrasts with the richness of its white painted detail, such as Palladian windows, pedimented dormers and an inset second floor porch within an open Palladian form.
James Taussig was one of the founders and officers of the Jamestown Land Company, developers of Shoreby Hill. James Taussig was born in Prague and immigrated to St. Louis with the rest of his family following the failed revolution of 1848. He was admitted to the St. Louis bar and soon became one of the city’s most prominent lawyers. Taussig and Ephron Catlin (who built 24 Emerson Road) appear to have been the managing partners of the Shoreby Hill project, and it was Taussig who was often on the site during its layout and construction, and who presented and negotiated development related matters with the Jamestown Town Council. The original plantings of privet have been removed along Alden Road, but remain along Longfellow, along with original maples.
Garage (ca. 1931): A two-car, two-bay, shingle-clad building with a hip roof and exposed rafter ends.
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