8–10 Fairfield Street

8–10 Fairfield Street

8-10 Fairfield Street Peter Vanderwarker or Antonina Smith

8-10 Fairfield Street

1879, Sturgis and Brigham.

This pair of not quite mirror image houses shares not only a common entrance porch but an unmistakable Queen Anne identity, here quite literally derived from authentic Anglo-Dutch models the monarch herself might have recognized. Typifying the idiom, swags grace the brownstone panels of the curved gable parapets; swan's neck pediments in both wood and stone crown first- and third-floor window groupings; and arched openings, variously round, segmental, and elliptical, add welcome depth to a picturesque but otherwise largely two-dimensional facade. The town houses are now divided into apartments.

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