Clingstone: This is Clingstone or as several of us call it, the house on the rocks. It is a mansion that was built in 1905 by one of the famous Philadelphia Whartons who, rumor has it...

AFPhoto Loc: Jamestown, RI, USA

This is Clingstone or as several of us call it, the house on the rocks. It is a mansion that was built in 1905 by one of the famous Philadelphia Whartons who, rumor has it, wanted a place where he would not be disturbed. Clingstone is built on an Island of primarily rock that is located off the eastern shore of Conanicut Island. It remains accessible only by boat and has no electricity or running water. A wind mill today provides some power and water is brought to the home via boat. The property is available for rental and Several times a year large groups use it for entertaining, either business or political groups.

The construction itself is noteworthy. Right about the turn of the century the countries wealth seem to have been concentrated in New York and to some lesser degree in Philadelphia. The New York wealthy chose Newport as the place where they would establish their summer residence. They built their summer "cottages" along the 10 Mile drive. The most famous of which - and typical of the others - is the Breakers. Built with imported stone with interior fixtures from around the world, including solid marble bath tubs with gold fixtures. These structures are today museums open to the public and and well worth visiting if you are in the area. Especially during the holiday season when they are decorated for Christmas as they were during their period of occupancy.

Now, at about the same time that the New York wealth chose to summer in Newport, The Philadelphia wealth came to summer in Jamestown. The Philadelphia crowd, however, were Quakers shunning the ostentatious styles of their New York neighbors The result was that they built wooden mansions that were large and functional but not at all stylish. "Horsehead", high up on one of Conanicut"s most scenic outlooks is typical of the construction of that era in Jamestown.

Clingstone follows that same Quaker principle, simple but functional. By the way, Clingstone has survived all of the major hurricanes since 1905 - a real testament to the quality of the Quaker construction.

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Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Cool!

FL Streetrodder

And how is the wastewater generated by these gatherings handled? I think I can guess the solution! There is a smaller version of a vacation home that was built on Dome Island in Upper Saranac Lake, NY. With much more stringent requirements to protect water quality the owner had to rely on state-of-the-art wastewater treatment and the use of incinerator toilets in order to obtain building permits.

AFPhoto Loc: Jamestown, RI, USA

FL Streetrodder wrote:

And how is the wastewater generated by these gatherings handled? I think I can guess the solution! There is a smaller version of a vacation home that was built on Dome Island in Upper Saranac Lake, NY. With much more stringent requirements to protect water quality the owner had to rely on state-of-the-art wastewater treatment and the use of incinerator toilets in order to obtain building permits.

Remember this was built in 1905 as a residence so while I don’t know, I would assume that at that time waste was simply dumped into the bay. I can assure you that that is not the case now. We have some of the strictest rules protecting Narragansett bay. So they probably use a system similar to but much larger than what I have on my boat- a large holding tank that is pumped out periodically

OutBack Loc: North Central Florida

Wild.

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

AFPhoto wrote:

This is Clingstone or as several of us call it, the house on the rocks. It is a mansion that was built in 1905 by one of the famous Philadelphia Whartons who, rumor has it, wanted a place where he would not be disturbed. Clingstone is built on an Island of primarily rock that is located off the eastern shore of Conanicut Island. It remains accessible only by boat and has no electricity or running water. A wind mill today provides some power and water is brought to the home via boat. The property is available for rental and Several times a year large groups use it for entertaining, either business or political groups.

The construction itself is noteworthy. Right about the turn of the century the countries wealth seem to have been concentrated in New York and to some lesser degree in Philadelphia. The New York wealthy chose Newport as the place where they would establish their summer residence. They built their summer "cottages" along the 10 Mile drive. The most famous of which - and typical of the others - is the Breakers. Built with imported stone with interior fixtures from around the world, including solid marble bath tubs with gold fixtures. These structures are today museums open to the public and and well worth visiting if you are in the area. Especially during the holiday season when they are decorated for Christmas as they were during their period of occupancy.

Now, at about the same time that the New York wealth chose to summer in Newport, The Philadelphia wealth came to summer in Jamestown. The Philadelphia crowd, however, were Quakers shunning the ostentatious styles of their New York neighbors The result was that they built wooden mansions that were large and functional but not at all stylish. "Horsehead", high up on one of Conanicut"s most scenic outlooks is typical of the construction of that era in Jamestown.

Clingstone follows that same Quaker principle, simple but functional. By the way, Clingstone has survived all of the major hurricanes since 1905 - a real testament to the quality of the Quaker construction.

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Great shot, and I wouldn't mind living there if I had a good pair of boots 😁😁💢😁😁

AFPhoto Loc: Jamestown, RI, USA

joecichjr wrote:

Great shot, and I wouldn't mind living there if I had a good pair of boots 😁😁💢😁😁

Thanks Joe it really is beautiful and what a view

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

AFPhoto wrote:

This is Clingstone or as several of us call it, the house on the rocks. It is a mansion that was built in 1905 by one of the famous Philadelphia Whartons who, rumor has it, wanted a place where he would not be disturbed. Clingstone is built on an Island of primarily rock that is located off the eastern shore of Conanicut Island. It remains accessible only by boat and has no electricity or running water. A wind mill today provides some power and water is brought to the home via boat. The property is available for rental and Several times a year large groups use it for entertaining, either business or political groups.

The construction itself is noteworthy. Right about the turn of the century the countries wealth seem to have been concentrated in New York and to some lesser degree in Philadelphia. The New York wealthy chose Newport as the place where they would establish their summer residence. They built their summer "cottages" along the 10 Mile drive. The most famous of which - and typical of the others - is the Breakers. Built with imported stone with interior fixtures from around the world, including solid marble bath tubs with gold fixtures. These structures are today museums open to the public and and well worth visiting if you are in the area. Especially during the holiday season when they are decorated for Christmas as they were during their period of occupancy.

Now, at about the same time that the New York wealth chose to summer in Newport, The Philadelphia wealth came to summer in Jamestown. The Philadelphia crowd, however, were Quakers shunning the ostentatious styles of their New York neighbors The result was that they built wooden mansions that were large and functional but not at all stylish. "Horsehead", high up on one of Conanicut"s most scenic outlooks is typical of the construction of that era in Jamestown.

Clingstone follows that same Quaker principle, simple but functional. By the way, Clingstone has survived all of the major hurricanes since 1905 - a real testament to the quality of the Quaker construction.

This is Clingstone or as several of us call it, th... (show quote)

yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

Now I could happily live there. Great shot

AFPhoto Loc: Jamestown, RI, USA

Curmudgeon wrote:

Now I could happily live there. Great shot

Thank you. My brothers house is right above this and he gets to enjoy the view.