James J. Lynch Block (1886) (Newport, Rhode Island)

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James J. Lynch Block (1886; James Fludder, architect, and M.A. McCormick, builder): A 2½-story, mansard-roof commercial block with a parged foundation, two handsome and largely original wood-and-plate-glass storefronts on either side of the center entrance to the upper stories on the façade’s first story, 3-bay articulation of façade’s second story with broad, shallow oriels flanking a single central window, late 20th-century 1-over-1 windows, bracketed cornice, and bracketed-gabled dormers. Lynch was a principal in Lynch & Sullivan, gas and steamfitters. This was constructed in the format it retains: two retail establishments, a store, and a bakery on the first story and apartments on the upper stories.
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