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Saving Valuable Resources, Chester Smolski
Saving Valuable Resources, Chester Smolski
Smolski Texts
"At last, its time has arrived! After years of talking, viewing, writing, and field tripping, someone is finally listening to those select few who saw the architectural, historical, and, today, economic value of saving and restoring our old buildings."
Samson House: Letter From Architect Joseph L. Nichols To Hugh Samson, July 29, 1977
Samson House: Letter From Architect Joseph L. Nichols To Hugh Samson, July 29, 1977
Documentation
Letter notes a detailed inspection by Nichols and Anne Baker done on July 28, 1977 of two properties -- the Brownell House located at 94 West Main Road in Portsmouth, RI and the Isaac Barker House located at 536 Highland Road in Tiverton, RI. Architectural appraisal of the 2 houses ad the changes to each house over the years.
Samson House: Newport Daily News, August 25, 1977
Samson House: Newport Daily News, August 25, 1977
Documentation
Newspaper article describing the dismantling of the Brownell House. The Brownell House was possibly the Island's oldest house on West Main Rd in Portsmouth. Hugh Samson had the house dismantled and restored/re-assembled in Little Compton, RI.