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a short stroll on bonnet street
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since 1998
BLOCK ISLAND • KILLINGTON • STRATTON
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Flared gable on 78 Bonnet Street
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As you walk along, train your eye
to dance around the details on
every building, taking in the most
diminutive as well as the most
dominant features. Sometimes the
appeal of a façade is the way an
entrance is framed, recessed, or
askew; sometimes it is the way
a veranda is wrapped just so;
sometimes it is just the pitch and
outline of a roof: hip, gambrel, or
gable. For example, on the roof
of 78 Bonnet Street, a house built
circa 1910 called The Sandtrap,
look up at the subtle flare on
either end of the large front gable.
The merest curve, kicked up a tad
like the corners of a smile. The
eave of the main roofline makes
a deep return below the gable
on either end, too, redefining the
big triangle even more. Once you
begin to notice them, these are
the kind of understated details
that delight the eye. The upper
story of the house would seem
unbalanced without the visual
anchor of the broad and inviting
porch with its big double columns
and wide steps at the ground
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