Angelsea (1880) (Newport, Rhode Island)

USA / Rhode Island / Newport / Newport, Rhode Island / Ruggles Avenue
 place with historical importance, cottage, estate (manor / mansion land)

1880 — Walter H. Lewis Cottage (Anglesea); Ochre Point; Newport, RI.

Surf-side Victorian cottage, designed by Detlef Lienau, built in 1880 for wealthy grocery goods merchant Walter H. Lewis. Lewis sold it to the Pierson family of New England. Mr. Pierson was an American Civil War general and Mrs. Pierson, an heir to the fortune of Ayer's Sasparilla and Cherry Pectoral fortune. Heirs to the family owned Anglesea until it was sold in 1996.

Originally Stick Style clapboarded house, later given Colonial Revival detailing; two-and-one-half-stories; cross-gabled roof; varied window treatments; entrance under porte-cochere on north side-of main (east) block.

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Coordinates:   41°28'4"N   71°17'52"W
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