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Samson House: East Bay Window Article: Recycling Houses Opens History, December 7-8, 1977

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Article titled "Recycling Houses Opens History" that appeared in The East Bay Window on December 7-8, 1977. Talks about the architectural significance of the Tiverton house that was uncovered during dismantling for re-erection in Little Compton.

Samson House: Baker's Report On The Tiverton House

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Anne Baker's architectural report and typed notes on the Tiverton House dismantled and re-erected by Hugh Samson. The notes from this report were recorded before the house was moved. All reference points and compass directions are from the original location and structure.

Samson House: Specifications For The General Construction Phase 1

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Specifications for the General Construction Phase I Restoration and Reuse for Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Samson, Rockbridge Farm, Little Compton, Rhode Island. Prepared by Joseph L. Nichols, Registered Architect, Newport, Rhode Island, December 27, 1977.

Samson House: Baker's Notes On The Re-Erection Of The Barker And Brownell Houses

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Baker's narrative about the challenges encountered in re-assembling two very different historic houses from the 17th century. She includes what was restored and restored and tell where other architectural features came from.

Law School News: Joyce And Bill Cummings Of Cummings Foundation To Deliver Keynote Address At Rwu Commencement 4-20-2023, Jill Rodrigues

Life of the Law School (1993- )

No abstract provided.

Bakerville: Cole House - Baker Letter To Doyle

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Anne Baker's letter to Frank Doyle expressing interest in purchasing the Cole House located at 915 Warren Ave. East Providence, RI. In this letter she also describes the historical and architectural significance of the Cole House.

Cole House was built c1690 and later dismantled and moved to 670 Drift Road to become part of Bakerville.

Bakerville: Cole House- Baker Rwc Assignment

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An assignment completed by Anne Baker for a Preservation Research Course at Roger Williams College the describes Cole House.

Bakerville: Pre-Print Of Chapter "Moving" From Collecting Houses By Anne W. Bakers

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Pre-print of chapter "Moving" from Collecting Houses. Used with permission from Sarah Baker, copyright holder. Chapter describes the move of the Tripp house at 670 Drift Road, Westport, MA to a new location on the property - under the trees and near a brook.

Bakerville: Pre-Print Of Chapter "Fitting In" From Collecting Houses By Anne W. Baker

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Pre-print of chapter "Fitting In" from Collecting Houses. Used with permission from Sarah Baker, copyright holder. In this chapter, Baker describes the history and architecture of the house, their restoration plans, and the acquisition of the additional buildings moved to Bakerville at 670 Drift Rd, Westport, MA

Bakerville: Floorplans For Main House

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Floorplans with labelled rooms for the Main House at 670 Drift Road.

Bakerville: Anne Baker's Descriptions For Print Archive Folders

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Archive Folder Descriptions. Baker wrote a detailed description for each Bakerville building on these folder sheets including original locations.

Bakerville: Tripp House Ownership Dates

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Ownership dates of Tripp House built c1721.

Bakerville: Baker's Handwritten Draft Of The About 670 Drift Document

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Anne Baker's handwritten draft of the About 670 Drift Road Document. Describes the history of the house and each of its rooms,

Bakerville: Anne Baker's Letter To Elizabeth Marcus With Room Descriptions And History

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Anne Baker's Letter to Elizabeth Marcus describing each room in the Main House as well as the outbuildings. Includes the origins of architectural features and components of the house. Historical dates are provided. Elizabeth Marcus purchased the 670 Drift Road property from Baker in 1984.

Bakerville: Anne Baker's Description Of 670 Drift Road

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Baker's narrative about Bakerville including a description of the house and its outbuildings. Baker describes the history of the Tripp House and includes information on the origins of many of the house's structural components. Dated October 3, 1996.

Hawaiian Health: Community Health Through Design And Nature, Michael Welch

Architecture Theses

No abstract provided.

Adaptive Reuse Of The Suburban Office Building, Olivia Mora

Architecture Theses

My thesis addresses the current issues of office vacancy and the housing shortage. Living in the Portland, Maine area my entire life, I’ve noticed a lot of gentrification happening in the city downtown, including my dad’s little neighborhood he grew up in. I want to create a space where people of all incomes levels have the opportunity to live in.

After a thorough GIS analysis, the ideal site was determined to be 300 Southborough Drive in South Portland. This is only 10-15 minutes from downtown Portland. When adapting a vacant, standalone suburban office building like this one, there are a …

Jiquilisco Bay Mangrove Restoration Center, Julio Romero

Architecture Theses

Due to advanced degradation of mangroves, local ecosystems and social structures suffer. Non-profit organizations, consisting of community volunteers and researchers from abroad, are on the forefront of these restoration practices. Protecting these forests prevents local families from starving and keeps their homes from flooding. Applying research-based thinking to create a lab and education space for better implementation of restoration policies on a site-by-site basis was crucial, and the result was a low-tech space with serious material considerations based on local construction and best practices based on improvements in relatively low-tech seismic and water impermeable technology. The result is a celebration …

New Visions For Religious Architecture: Religious Architecture Adaptation To Reflect Modern Spiritualism And Wellness, Gabrielle Deschenes

Architecture Theses

Religious Architecture is a typology that is found in all communities around the world, large or small. Despite the differences in architectural design due to religious views, these buildings have something in common: architectural impact. These buildings engage their communities by introducing eye-catching, and unique architectural features that separate them from their surrounding context. These qualities make them valuable pieces of architecture that bring vibrant historic value to their communities.

As designers, we must always be aware of current events and changing beliefs. For the past twenty years, people have been attending religious services less and less, and after the …

Reviving The Plan An Implementation Of Historic Concepts, Jared Mcgowan

Architecture Theses

For my thesis I would like to research historic concepts and ideas of plans, and how they could apply to residential housing layouts today. Through precedent ideas and example projects, I would be able to identify architectural moves made by famous architects of the past that would have real value today, but have since gone unused except in the projects in which they were created. Through projects examined in architectural history classes, to projects suggested by professors, I will research a wide range of styles and ideas to include in a modern project.

I will rely on historic typologies, centered …

The Case For Reparations And The Path To Reclaiming Lost Community 2023 Sneapa, New Haven, Ct Friday, October 6 Providence Cultural Equity Initiative, Edgar Adams, Brian Hendrickson, Donald King, Raymond Two Hawks Watson

Architecture, Art, and Historic Preservation Faculty Publications

The Case for Reparations and the Path to Reclaiming Lost Community.

Equitable Renewal: Reclamation + Repair, Edgar Adams

Architecture, Art, and Historic Preservation Faculty Publications

Reparations are one crucial means of acknowledging the irreparable harm done to BIPOC populations since the colonization of this country. Providence Rhode Island is one of several cities that have begun the difficult process of confronting the impacts of spatial injustice. By focusing on the Urban Renewal programs of the 50’s and 60’s, reparations programs offer an opportunity to examine the role of the planning and architecture professions in blindly perpetuating the racist policies that, coupled with discriminatory real estate and lending practices, are responsible for our current landscape of inequality. Without a clearer accounting for the lasting impacts of …

Russell-Ekstrom House: Email Correspondence Between Lincoln Ekstrom And James Russell

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Email correspondence between Lincoln Ekstrom and James W.C. Russell concerning Russell family genealogy and ownership of Russell-Ekstrom House in Dartmouth, MA.

Russell-Ekstrom House: History Of Ownership

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Document giving the dates and history of the ownership of the property located at 1193 Russell Mills Road in Dartmouth, Massachusetts.

Russell-Ekstrom House: Scope Of The Work - Relocate Bath And Enlarge Kitchen

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Draft document outlining the scope of the work for the relocation of Russell-Ekstrom House Bath and Kitchen with drawings showing the ground floor layout and plan for the new Bath.

Russell-Ekstrom House: Scope Of The Work, Roof Remodeling

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Scope of the work for the roof remodel at Ekstrom House with drawings of ground floor plans, and rear, east side, and west side elevations.

Houghton-Sprague House: The Houghton-Sprague Farm 1665-1981

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Article from the Harvard Post, April 3, 1981 on The Houghton-Sprague Farm by Morrill Sprague. The author gives the property ownership history from 1665 - 1981.

Houghton-Sprague House: Will Of James Houghton

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Will of James Houghton dated July 17, 1711.

Houghton-Sprague House: Harvard Historical Society Records

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Harvard Historical Society Records by Elvira Scorgie concerning the Houghton families house known as the "Ralph Houghton Garrison." Gives information on the family lineage and describes the house interior rooms and fireplaces. Document is not dated.

Houghton-Sprague House: First Floor Drawing

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Sketch of the First Floor plan of Houghton-Sprague House with measurements.