Clingstone

Clingstone
This article is about the Rhode Island dwelling. For the type of stonefruit, see drupe.

Coordinates: 41°28′55.6″N 71°21′11.5″W / 41.482111°N 71.353194°W / 41.482111; -71.353194 (Clingstone) Clingstone is a house built in 1905, perched atop a small, rocky island in an island group called "The Dumplings" in Narragansett Bay, near Jamestown, Rhode Island.

Architecture

The dwelling, designed by Philadelphia socialite J. S. Lovering Wharton and artist William Trost Richards, is a three-story 23-room 10,000-square-foot shingle-style cottage.[1] The structural system of heavy mill-type framing was designed to withstand hurricane force winds.[2] The name "Clingstone" was suggested by a remark that it was "a peach of a house".[3] In August 2010 the interior was documented in a series of panoramic photographs.[4]

Owners

The original owner, relative of industrialist Joseph Wharton, built the house in response to the government condemning his earlier summer home in order to build Fort Wetherill.[5] Wharton summered there until his death in the 1930s. Heavily damaged by a hurricane in 1938, the residence was vacant from the time of his wife's death in 1941 until it was purchased in 1961 by Boston architect Henry Wood.[1] Wood, a distant cousin of the Philadelphia Whartons, was able to purchase the property for $3,500, the amount owed in back taxes.[6] The house is known by locals as "The House on a Rock".[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Green, Penelope (2008-08-07). "Who Lives There - The Old House and the Sea". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/07/garden/07clingstone.html. 
  2. ^ "Historic and Architectural Resources of Jamestown, Rhode Island". Jamestown Philomenian Library. http://www.jamestownri.com/library/history.htm. 
  3. ^ Buttrick, James C., Jamestown Historical Society (2003). Jamestown: Images of America. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0738511927. 
  4. ^ "A Visit to Clingstone". http://tksharpless.net/Clingstone/A_Visit_to_Clingstone.html. 
  5. ^ "Jamestown and Newport, Rhode Island — Interesting and Useful Information". http://www.jamestown-ri.info/Linkpage.htm. 
  6. ^ Hammel, Lisa (1976-09-08). "Family shares island empire with birds". St. Petersburg Times. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WBoMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fV0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5805,5734061. 
  7. ^ English, Bella (2009-07-28). "Home sweet rock — No man is an island, but Henry Wood comes close". The Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/articles/2009/07/28/clingstone_owner_has_a_different_view_of_things/. 



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  • Clingstone — Cling stone , a. Having the flesh attached closely to the stone, as in some kinds of peaches. n. A fruit, as a peach, whose flesh adheres to the stone. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • clingstone — ☆ clingstone [kliŋ′stōn΄ ] adj. having pulp that clings to the pit, as some peaches: see FREESTONE n. such a peach …   English World dictionary

  • clingstone — /kling stohn /, adj. 1. having a pit to which the pulp adheres closely, as certain peaches and plums. n. 2. a clingstone peach. [1695 1705, Amer; CLING1 + STONE] * * * …   Universalium

  • clingstone — noun Date: 1705 any of various stone fruits (as some peaches or plums) with flesh that adheres strongly to the pit …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • clingstone — noun A stone fruit having a stone (pit) that clings to the flesh …   Wiktionary

  • clingstone — adj. fruit whose pit clings to it (i.e. peach or plum) n. fruit whose pit clings to it (i.e. peach or plum) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • clingstone — noun a peach or nectarine of a variety in which the flesh adheres to the stone. Contrasted with freestone …   English new terms dictionary

  • clingstone — cling·stone …   English syllables

  • clingstone — cling•stone [[t]ˈklɪŋˌstoʊn[/t]] n. 1) bot a peach or other fruit having a pit that clings to the pulp 2) pln the pit itself • Etymology: 1695–1705, amer …   From formal English to slang

  • clingstone — /ˈklɪŋstoʊn/ (say klingstohn) adjective 1. (of fruit) having a stone to which the pulp adheres closely, as certain peaches. –noun 2. a peach with such a stone. Compare slipstone …  

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