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188 Bonnet Street
original structures. Bonnet Street
has benefited immensely from the
ways in which people modified
some of the older homes and
small home-businesses into retail
shops and professional offices.
“People don’t realize,” Badger says,
“that once places like this are gone,
they’re gone forever.”
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As soon as you see a lot of heavy
bracketing under the eaves on
a house, such as at 152 Bonnet
Street (dating from the 1880s), you
may say it has Italianate features.
Next, look for the “modern” house
at 188 Bonnet Street. Known as
the Woodcock House, it dates to
1920. Its size, scale, and shape are
unlike any other dwelling on the
street, and it succeeds in adding
that much more character to the
neighborhood as a whole. The
layered, low rooflines, exposed
rafter ends, and the tapered
fieldstone fireplace are typical
bungalow elements. “I like it,” says
Badger. “I like the colors they’ve
given it, and see? There is some
stained glass visible through the
front door and leaded glass above
the plate window in front.
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