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[This series contains 5 photos] Ocean House is a resort hotel in Watch Hill, Rhode Island. It overlooks Block Island Sound from its position on a hilltop. Dating originally from 1867-8, the clapboard structure was altered and enlarged in 1903. The central tower, 5 1/2 stories, is located between two wings with mansard roofs of 3 1/2-stories. The wings and tower are bracketed in the cornices. The tower has a hip roof with dormers that consist of a window--2 sections, each with 4 vertical panes, the top two curving near the dormer's hip roof. Circular windows divided into quadrants and capped with ornamental molding are at the top, just below the "widow's walk" (if the term can be used for a hotel). Visible in the first photo in the series is a bow front entrance to the left with tall Corinthian columns rising above the colonnade which spans the side of the hotel, the columns continuing even where the veranda is enclosed at the right. A less elaborate veranda tops the bottom floor porch; the balusters are simpler than those on the first level (best visible in the 3rd photo of the set). Below the tower, the veranda curves outward, providing another hotel entrance and balustraded steps leading downward to ground level. There is much on the other side which I did not photograph. The 4th photo in the series illustrates the hotel's relationship with Block Island Sound; the image shows the water in this mostly cloudy day as silvery. The Ocean House is a part of the Watch Hill Historic District, added to the National Register of Historic Places September 5, 1985 with ID #85001948

The website for the hotel is at www.oceanhouseri.com/

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Taken in: United States / Rhode Island / Westerly / Watch Hill (show map)

Taken on: September 29, 2015

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Camera: Canon PowerShot SX120 IS, f/4.5, 1/1250 sec, 16.1mm, ISO 160 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon PowerShot SX120 IS
Aperture:	f/4.5
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1250)
Focal Length:	16.1mm
ISO:	160
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	PhotoScape
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