William B. Spencer House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
William B. Spencer House in 2014
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Location	11 Fairview Avenue, West Warwick, Rhode Island
Coordinates	41°43′11″N 71°31′59″W / 41.71972°N 71.53306°W / 41.71972; -71.53306
Built	1870
Architectural style	Italianate
NRHP reference  No.	08000716 [1]
Added to NRHP	February 14, 2012

The William B. Spencer House is a historic house at 11 Fairview Avenue in the Phenix village of West Warwick, Rhode Island. The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built in 1869–70, and is an elaborate and well-preserved instance of Late Victorian Italianate style. The house has an L shape, with forward projecting gable section on the left, in front of a rectangular main block. A single-story porch with slender columns and decorative woodwork valances extends across the front to the right of the projecting section. The windows on the projecting section are three-part rounded windows, each with distinctive and elaborate hoods. The building corners are quoined, and the roofline features dentil moulding and paired brackets. A series of smaller ells project to the right of the main block, and there is a small single-story addition to the rear. The main block is topped by an octagonal cupola with round-arch windows. The building's owner, William B. Spencer, was a local entrepreneur who made his fortune by dealing in the waste materials generated by the local cotton mills. ^[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. ^[1]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Kent County, Rhode Island

References

External links

• Old House Dreams Photos of the William B. Spencer House on a realtor site, includes interior photos. Retrieved 30 May 2014.