John Melbourne Rich House III - After 1900

Identifier:
6564  
Accession #:
Title:
John Melbourne Rich House III - After 1900
Description:
John Melbourne Rich took the design for his new house in Tremont from Design 24 in the 1888 version of Palliser's "New Cottage Homes and Details."

The Pallisers showed two versions of Design 24. One, a modest house without a tower, and one, a showpiece with tower that could be built for a "cost of $1,700." For this amount one received, "plans, elevations, details and perspective view of a comfortable, convenient cottage home of six rooms, with tower which is designed to command a view of the surrounding country where erected."

John Melbourne Rich chose the showy tower version with which to command a view of Tremont.

John tore the top story of the three-story tower off when he found that the chimney smoked. This view of the house shows the two-story tower.



Address:
224 Tremont Road
Place:
Tremont, Bernard
State:
ME
Country:
USA
Date:
1900 after

Citation

“John Melbourne Rich House III - After 1900,” Southwest Harbor Public Library, accessed April 27, 2024, https://swhpl.digitalarchive.us/items/show/6283.Item 6564

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