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A compromise was agreed where the Ladd Carriage House would be moved temporarily while a new garage was excavated. The building would then be moved back onto its original site. The plans for the condominium tower were scaled back so that the tower's footprint only occupied half the block, instead of three-quarters of it.
In modern usage, the term "carriage house" has taken on several additional, somewhat overlapping meanings: Buildings that were originally true carriage houses that have been converted to other uses such as secondary suites, apartments, guest houses, automobile garages, offices, workshops, retail shops, bars, restaurants, or storage buildings.
The property includes a carriage house (historic), detached three-car garage (non-historic) and, a small, free-standing arbor on the sidewalk that leads to the front door. The carriage house is of similar construction as the main house, and was used as living quarters for household staff. It has stucco walls and a steep-pitched gable roof.
WELLS, Maine — The new owner of the Carriage House Motel plans to renovate and expand the historic Post Road destination.. The Wells Planning Board on Aug. 7 accepted a site plan pre-application ...
Carriage house. Like the house, the carriage house is of brick on a marble foundation, with marble trim. It is two stories tall. At its roofline is a Doric cornice and balustrade. The door and six-over-one double-hung sash windows are capped with flat marble arches. [2]
Buildings which remain part of the property include the Pope-Riddle House itself (a large 33,000-square-foot (3,100 m 2) mansion built in the Colonial Revival style and once described as "a great new house on a hilltop" by novelist and occasional guest Henry James); an 18th-century farm house; a carriage garage with an Arts and Crafts theater ...
Located to the west of the mansion and constructed at the same time is a two-story carriage house. The first floor originally housed stables, while the second floor was the hayloft. The first floor later became a garage and the second floor became servants' quarters. The carriage house now houses offices and event space.
By the early 2000s, there was a 700-square-foot (65 m 2) rooftop farm above the carriage house. [16] In 2002, the building became the home of the Gabarron Foundation's Carriage House Center for the Arts, a non-profit organization that promotes the understanding of Spanish culture in the United States. [ 17 ]