Historic Walking Tours of Narragansett Pier
Stone Lea
40 Newton Avenue
Architectural Description
a large, 21/2-story, stone and wood-frame Shingle Style dwelling with a flared hipped-gable roof, gable and hip-roofed
wings to the west, and a glazed veranda facing the ocean.
Architect
McKim, Mead and White
Original Owner/Resident
Designed for George V. Cresson of Philadelphia
Years Built
1883-84; extensively altered in the 1940s.
Comment
A carriage house with a dome-roofed polygonal tower also stands on the property.