Oakwood, another massive gambrel-roofed “cottage” in Newport, Rhode Island, is another of the McKim, Mead & White designed residences in the Old Beach Road vicinity of town for wealthy summer residents. Built in 1902 for George Gordon King (1859-1922), Oakwood is a large, elongated two-and-one-half-story structure with a gambrel roof with walls in pebbledash finish. Its off-center main entrance with double-height engaged Corinthian columns supporting a pedimented gable and a blind balustrade set on smaller Ionic capitals. The massive home was later converted to condominiums. It sometimes amazes me that families (but with many servants) would live in these houses just for a season…
Buildings of New England 