The David G. Fales House is a historic house located at 476 High Street in
Central Falls, Rhode Island.
Description and history
The -story, wood-framed house was built in about 1858 and remodeled in a
Second Empire style to a design by
Clifton A. Hall
Clifton A. Hall (1826-1913)Jordy, William H. and Christopher P. Monkhouse. ''Buildings on Paper: Rhode Island Architectural Drawings, 1825-1945''. 1982. was an American architect from Providence, Rhode Island.
Biography
Hall was born in Bost ...
in 1867. It has a
mansard roof
A mansard or mansard roof (also called a French roof or curb roof) is a four-sided gambrel-style hip roof characterised by two slopes on each of its sides, with the lower slope, punctured by dormer windows, at a steeper angle than the upper. The ...
with flared eaves studded with brackets, and bracketed bay windows on two sides. The interior was gutted when the house caught fire in the 1960s.
The house was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
on April 6, 1979.
See also
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence County, Rhode Island
References
External links
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
Houses in Providence County, Rhode Island
Houses completed in 1858
Second Empire architecture in Rhode Island
Buildings and structures in Central Falls, Rhode Island
National Register of Historic Places in Providence County, Rhode Island
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