Article by Marc Guberman


Origins

This house was the first of several commissions that Greene was to execute for members of the Allen family, early expanders of Rhode Island’s industrial base. In 1804, Sullivan Door, an early 19th century shipping magnate involved in the China Trade, married Lydia Allen. Sullivan Dorr was the father of Thomas Wilson Dorr, the governor who led Dorr’s Rebellion in 1842 for constitutional reform and extended suffrage. Greene’s façade hints to the elevation of Alexander Pope’s villa at Trickenham. The detailing originates from Bettey Langley’s Gothic Architecture improved by Rules and Proportions (1742) and holds true to the "Gothick" style through molded cornices and a front porch with clustered colonnettes.
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