Better late than never, its #TransformationTuesday! The Knowles-Perry House (ca. 1750), is located at 31 Walnut Street. Operation Clapboard, a preservation organization prior to the NRF, negotiated the purchase of the home in the mid-1960s. It was then passed to the Preservation Society of Newport County. The home was then purchased in 1970 by the NRF and underwent restoration from 1975 to 1976. It is reported in more than one source that Matthew Calbraith Perry spent his boyhood in the house on Walnut Street, as did his brother, Oliver Hazard Perry. He, however, was nine years older than Matthew and probably spent less time in the house. During the restoration, a new center chimney with seven fireplaces was built, modeled on existing and similar eighteenth-century examples. The stairway, paneled room-ends, wainscoting, doors, and other interior details were taken from the NRF inventory of period materials or reproduced from old patterns.
Posted on: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 03:21:54 +0000
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