Wellington Ave, Newport RI The three houses represent a continuation of the Architect's search for a subtle abstraction of the area's formal qualities complicated by the restrictions placed on the three separate substandard 40 ft. by 65 ft., 2,600 sq.ft. "postage stamp" lots. The architectural language employed was a combination of image associations of the 1880' and 90's from the immediate area, that being the tiny shingle style cottages of the lower "Fith Ward" and the boathouses from the "Estates" of Brenton Cove with a little of Jamestown's "Three Sisters" of the same period. The constraints of a speculative real estate development demanded economic constraints; hence, the decision for three identical structures.

Each 2,004 sq.ft. house provides a 520 sq.ft. two car garage on the ground floor, a 520 sq.ft. second floor living area with kitchen and a half-bath and a 832 sq.ft. third floor sleeping level with two bedrooms, a bath and a 132 sq.ft. roof deck. ....

"The Three Sisters", which are the three cottages just to the left of the Thorndike Hotel, built by its owner, Patrick Horgan, in 1897. Originally rented out, they were named for his three daughters, "Betty, Nina and Myra", who later inherited them. They still stand watch over Jamestown's harbor.

Harbour Court (1904-1906 by Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson – Architects) is the New York Yacht Club's first permanent waterfront facility. Standing on eight acres overlooking Brenton's Cove, the Renaissance Norman-style mansion was completed in 1906 for the John Nicholas Brown family. The Boathouse that stands at the water's edge was the inspiration for the “Three Little Sisters.”

Aloha Landing, Newport, Rhode Island was built in 1912 by railroad tycoon Arthur Curtiss James to be used in conjunction with his yacht (a local legend dubbed The Aloha). This heavy-timber Tudor style structure was restored in 2013 by Mark P. Finlay Architects. Aloha Landing inspired the lifting up into the air of “Three Little Sisters” for hurricane flooding.

“The Three Little Sisters” rough concept to refinement to development to constructed reality.