Vintage Jas F Murray Sketch The Hunter House Newport, RI Framed Postcard For Sale

Vintwge Jas F Murray Sketch The Hunter House Newport, RI Framed Postcard.

Gold framed postcard

The frame is gorgeous and the rare postcard is in excellent shape

Hunter House is the smallest, oldest and least spectacular of the Newport Preservation Society properties available to tour. Arguably, it is also the most historic. The original portion of Hunter House was built in 1748 for Colonial Deputy Governor Jonathan Nichols Jr. This large 2½-story house has a balustraded gambrel roof and heavy stud construction. In 1756, the property was sold to Colonel Joseph Wanton Jr., who was a deputy governor of the colony and a merchant. Wanton enlarged the house by adding a south wing and a second chimney, transforming the building into a formal Georgian mansion with a large central hal