Porter Villa, Old Castle
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Mrs. James C. Porter House (Porter Villa, Old Castle)
1855–1856, Seth Bradford. 25 Greenough Pl.
One of several stone mansions built in the 1850s by Seth Bradford as Newport summer residences, this was commissioned by a Louisiana woman. The rough texture of the Fall River granite over most of its surface is differentiated by the flat-cut trim work of the entry projection and window surrounds, whose forms, like those of the bracketed eaves, imply Italianate inspiration.
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