Vaucluse Farm, Portsmouth

Image shows the Vaucluse Farm mansion built in 1784 by Garvais Elam. The Georgian Revival mansion with a large portico had three large Doric columns. The building was deteriorating by the 20th century as shown in this photograph which includes a beam is in the place of the fourth column. The large pediment has a Palladian window in center, flanked by two round windows. Some of the windows are broken or have missing panes.

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Original record: Vaucluse Farm, Portsmouth
Collection: Rhode Island photograph collection
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Creator(s): Warren, Wilfred (Creator)
Subject(s): Mansions
Middletown (R.I.)
Palladian windows
Porticoes (porches)
Type: Still Image

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