Burlingame-Noon House
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The Burlingame-Noon House is an historic house built around 1800 in Cumberland, Rhode Island
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The structure was originally a simple, one-and-one-half-story, five-room-plan, centre-chimney Federal
style cottage, constructed in the first decades of the 19th century. In the middle of the century, it was enlarged into a two-and-one half-story, flank-gable
Greek Revival
house. It has panelled corner pilasters and a trabeated central entrance with sidelight
s and pilasters in a five-bay
facade. The house has had few changes since the mid-nineteenth century and is notable for its architecture, including original Federal
-period interior trim, which reflects transformations and adaptation in Cumberland's early history.
The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1974.
Cumberland, Rhode Island
Cumberland is a town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States, incorporated in 1746. The population was 33,506 at the 2010 census.-History:...
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The structure was originally a simple, one-and-one-half-story, five-room-plan, centre-chimney Federal
Federal architecture
Federal-style architecture is the name for the classicizing architecture built in the United States between c. 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815. This style shares its name with its era, the Federal Period. The name Federal style is also used in association with furniture design...
style cottage, constructed in the first decades of the 19th century. In the middle of the century, it was enlarged into a two-and-one half-story, flank-gable
Gable
A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of a sloping roof. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system being used and aesthetic concerns. Thus the type of roof enclosing the volume dictates the shape of the gable...
Greek Revival
Greek Revival architecture
The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in Northern Europe and the United States. A product of Hellenism, it may be looked upon as the last phase in the development of Neoclassical architecture...
house. It has panelled corner pilasters and a trabeated central entrance with sidelight
Sidelight
A sidelight is a window, usually with a vertical emphasis, that flanks a door. Sidelights are narrow, usually stationary and found immediately adjacent doorways...
s and pilasters in a five-bay
Bay (architecture)
A bay is a unit of form in architecture. This unit is defined as the zone between the outer edges of an engaged column, pilaster, or post; or within a window frame, doorframe, or vertical 'bas relief' wall form.-Defining elements:...
facade. The house has had few changes since the mid-nineteenth century and is notable for its architecture, including original Federal
Federal architecture
Federal-style architecture is the name for the classicizing architecture built in the United States between c. 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815. This style shares its name with its era, the Federal Period. The name Federal style is also used in association with furniture design...
-period interior trim, which reflects transformations and adaptation in Cumberland's early history.
The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1974.