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architects' excursions through France, and there is among White's drawings an unlabeled sketch of a gate in France prefiguring the Osborn house and Narragansett arch [73]. In this, as in many other drawings, White showed the roof slates askew, and in practice the architects took pains to have roof shingles in the casino laid in similar undulating patterns. According to legend, McKim himself joined workmen on the roof, prying up selected shingles with crowbars to achieve the proper picturesque effect.⁴⁶

71. Narragansett Pier Casino, Narragansett Pier, R. I., 1883-86. G. W. Sheldon, *Artistic Country Seats*.

72. Narragansett Pier Casino, second-floor plan. *Monograph*.

73. Stanford White, sketch of an unidentified gate, France, c. 1878-79.

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58. TOP. Newport Casino, Newport R. I., 1879-80, Bellevue Avenue front.

59. ABOVE. Newport Casino, interior court facade. G. W. Sheldon, *Artistic Country Seats*.

60. LEFT. Newport Casino, partial plan (not including playing fields to the right). *Monograph of the Work of McKim, Mead & White, 1879-1915.*

FIRST FLOOR PLAN
CASINO AT NEWPORT RHODE ISLAND