Ira B. Sweet House

Historic house in Rhode Island, United States

United States historic place


Ira B. Sweet House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Ira B. Sweet House in 2013
41°52′31″N 71°30′13″W / 41.87528°N 71.50361°W / 41.87528; -71.50361
Area	0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built	1884
Architectural style	Second Empire
NRHP reference No.	08000715^[1]
Added to NRHP	January 15, 2010

The Ira B. Sweet House is a historic house at 38 Esmond Street in Smithfield, Rhode Island. It is a 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a mansard roof. It was built c. 1884–95, and is an unusually late example of Second Empire styling. Ira Sweet was a local shop owner and the village postmaster until his death c. 1900. The house is three bays wide and two deep, with a center entry flanked by projecting bay sections topped by bracketed eaves. A two-story enclosed porch constructed in 1919 is attached to the right side, and a small addition built in 2006 extend the house further to the rear.^[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "NRHP nomination for Ira B. Sweet House" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-10-01.