Anne "Pete" Watson (Lewis) Baker, 82, of Westport, MA, died Monday, December 12, 2011. She was wife of the late Robert Howe Baker and former wife of Duncan Hunter Doolittle.
Born in Providence, RI, she was daughter of the late Arthur Hamilton Watson Lewis and Mildred Mason Pennypacker-Francis. Pete Baker was an architectural historian.
Survivors include 3 sons: William S. Doolittle of Eugene, OR, Elisha W. Doolittle of Wakefield, RI and Benjamin C. Baker of FL; 4 daughters: Harriet S. (Doolittle) Vaughan of Narragansett, RI, Abby L. Doolittle of Burlington, CT, Nicole G. (Doolittle) Nomer of Wakefield, RI and Sarah H. Baker of Westport, MA; 8 grandchildren; and 2 great grandchildren. She was sister of the late Nancy Jane (Lewis) Burdick/Wall.
Private arrangements are under the direction of the Potter Funeral Home, 81 Reed Rd., Westport, MA.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to: Westport Historical Society, P.O. Box N188, Westport, MA 02790, in the name of Anne Baker for her unfinished projects or to the Environmental Defense Fund, 257 Park Ave. South, New York, NY 10010 or EDF.org.
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Anne W. ‘Pete' Baker worked with building owners, agencies and historians in the documentation and preservation of more than 300 antique structures throughout southern New England during the last 60 years.
In 1976 she taught a Historical Skills Workshop at the South County Museum, North Kingstown, RI In 1979 she organized a Restoration Conference at Roger Williams College, Bristol, RI. She was a consultant for the Newport Restoration Foundation, Newport, RI; Martha's Vineyard Historical Preservation Society and the Architectural Resource Center, Martha's Vineyard, MA; Westport Historical Society and the Westport Historical Commission, Westport, MA; and the Waterfront Historic Area League (WHALE) of New Bedford, MA. In addition, she has served as a conservator in the revitalization of more than 200 antique buildings.
Among the more noteworthy projects Anne Baker supervised were the following:
Mott House, Portsmouth, RI, c. 1680
Vincent House, Martha's Vineyard, MA, c. 1700
Cole House, Seekonk, MA, c. 1700
Brownell House, Portsmouth, RI, c. 1700
Jerome House, Tiverton, RI, c.1700
Hart House, North Dartmouth MA, c. 1710
Howland House, South Dartmouth, MA, c. 1740
Tripp-Goddard House, Westport, MA, c. 1720
Capt. Jonathan Stoddard House, Newington, CT, c. 1740
Macomber-Sylvia Building, New Bedford, MA, c. 1816
Capt. Thomas Paine House, Jamestown, RI, c. 1680
Cory House, Westport, MA, c. 1750
Akin House, South Dartmouth, MA, c. 1762
Since 1996, she researched and cataloged Norman Isham's (1864-1943) architectural research that included Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut.
Anne Baker's book, Collecting Houses: 17th Century Houses -20th Century Adventure, (2003), is a personal account of how she came to love, understand and work with 17th and 18th century New England houses — some that she found hidden in the woods, some that she rescued from ignorance, greed or bureaucracy, and many that she discovered masquerading behind all sorts of disguises. Collecting Houses, designed to appeal to historians, architects, archeologists, carpenters, builders, restorers and preservationists, will help the reader to understand an old house, learn its language, hear its voice, and recognize its personality
Anne Baker also worked on a documentary film, called Old House Soul. This takes viewers on a journey to historic sites where they will experience the thrill of discovery and the tantalizing mysteries that reside behind the walls of our earliest buildings and in the fields and forests of our cherished landscape.
Articles about Anne Baker's work have appeared in:
The Chronicle (Dartmouth, MA)
The Herald News (Fall River, MA)
The Narragansett Times (Wakefield, RI)
Newport Daily News (RI)
Phoenix-Times Newspapers (Bristol, RI)
Providence Sunday Journal (RI)
The Spectator (Somerset, MA)
The Standard-Times (New Bedford, MA)
The Standard-Times (North Kingstown, RI)
The Standard-Times (Jamestown, RI)
Vineyard Gazette (Martha's Vineyard, MA)
Boston Magazine
National Fisherman
Yankee Magazine
Antiques Magazine
Fortune Magazine
Westport Shorelines
Awards:
Bay State Historical League
Town of Westport, Board of Selectman
Catherine Crapo Bullard Award - Waterfront Historic Area League (WHALE), New Bedford
Born in Providence, RI, she was daughter of the late Arthur Hamilton Watson Lewis and Mildred Mason Pennypacker-Francis. Pete Baker was an architectural historian.
Survivors include 3 sons: William S. Doolittle of Eugene, OR, Elisha W. Doolittle of Wakefield, RI and Benjamin C. Baker of FL; 4 daughters: Harriet S. (Doolittle) Vaughan of Narragansett, RI, Abby L. Doolittle of Burlington, CT, Nicole G. (Doolittle) Nomer of Wakefield, RI and Sarah H. Baker of Westport, MA; 8 grandchildren; and 2 great grandchildren. She was sister of the late Nancy Jane (Lewis) Burdick/Wall.
Private arrangements are under the direction of the Potter Funeral Home, 81 Reed Rd., Westport, MA.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to: Westport Historical Society, P.O. Box N188, Westport, MA 02790, in the name of Anne Baker for her unfinished projects or to the Environmental Defense Fund, 257 Park Ave. South, New York, NY 10010 or EDF.org.
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Anne W. ‘Pete' Baker worked with building owners, agencies and historians in the documentation and preservation of more than 300 antique structures throughout southern New England during the last 60 years.
In 1976 she taught a Historical Skills Workshop at the South County Museum, North Kingstown, RI In 1979 she organized a Restoration Conference at Roger Williams College, Bristol, RI. She was a consultant for the Newport Restoration Foundation, Newport, RI; Martha's Vineyard Historical Preservation Society and the Architectural Resource Center, Martha's Vineyard, MA; Westport Historical Society and the Westport Historical Commission, Westport, MA; and the Waterfront Historic Area League (WHALE) of New Bedford, MA. In addition, she has served as a conservator in the revitalization of more than 200 antique buildings.
Among the more noteworthy projects Anne Baker supervised were the following:
Mott House, Portsmouth, RI, c. 1680
Vincent House, Martha's Vineyard, MA, c. 1700
Cole House, Seekonk, MA, c. 1700
Brownell House, Portsmouth, RI, c. 1700
Jerome House, Tiverton, RI, c.1700
Hart House, North Dartmouth MA, c. 1710
Howland House, South Dartmouth, MA, c. 1740
Tripp-Goddard House, Westport, MA, c. 1720
Capt. Jonathan Stoddard House, Newington, CT, c. 1740
Macomber-Sylvia Building, New Bedford, MA, c. 1816
Capt. Thomas Paine House, Jamestown, RI, c. 1680
Cory House, Westport, MA, c. 1750
Akin House, South Dartmouth, MA, c. 1762
Since 1996, she researched and cataloged Norman Isham's (1864-1943) architectural research that included Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut.
Anne Baker's book, Collecting Houses: 17th Century Houses -20th Century Adventure, (2003), is a personal account of how she came to love, understand and work with 17th and 18th century New England houses — some that she found hidden in the woods, some that she rescued from ignorance, greed or bureaucracy, and many that she discovered masquerading behind all sorts of disguises. Collecting Houses, designed to appeal to historians, architects, archeologists, carpenters, builders, restorers and preservationists, will help the reader to understand an old house, learn its language, hear its voice, and recognize its personality
Anne Baker also worked on a documentary film, called Old House Soul. This takes viewers on a journey to historic sites where they will experience the thrill of discovery and the tantalizing mysteries that reside behind the walls of our earliest buildings and in the fields and forests of our cherished landscape.
Articles about Anne Baker's work have appeared in:
The Chronicle (Dartmouth, MA)
The Herald News (Fall River, MA)
The Narragansett Times (Wakefield, RI)
Newport Daily News (RI)
Phoenix-Times Newspapers (Bristol, RI)
Providence Sunday Journal (RI)
The Spectator (Somerset, MA)
The Standard-Times (New Bedford, MA)
The Standard-Times (North Kingstown, RI)
The Standard-Times (Jamestown, RI)
Vineyard Gazette (Martha's Vineyard, MA)
Boston Magazine
National Fisherman
Yankee Magazine
Antiques Magazine
Fortune Magazine
Westport Shorelines
Awards:
Bay State Historical League
Town of Westport, Board of Selectman
Catherine Crapo Bullard Award - Waterfront Historic Area League (WHALE), New Bedford
Anne "Pete" Watson (Lewis) Baker, 82, of Westport, MA, died Monday, December 12, 2011. She was wife of the late Robert Howe Baker and former wife of Duncan Hunter Doolittle.
Born in Providence, RI, she was daughter of the late Arthur Hamilton Watson Lewis and Mildred Mason Pennypacker-Francis. Pete Baker was an architectural historian.
Survivors include 3 sons: William S. Doolittle of Eugene, OR, Elisha W. Doolittle of Wakefield, RI and Benjamin C. Baker of FL; 4 daughters: Harriet S. (Doolittle) Vaughan of Narragansett, RI, Abby L. Doolittle of Burlington, CT, Nicole G. (Doolittle) Nomer of Wakefield, RI and Sarah H. Baker of Westport, MA; 8 grandchildren; and 2 great grandchildren. She was sister of the late Nancy Jane (Lewis) Burdick/Wall.
Private arrangements are under the direction of the Potter Funeral Home, 81 Reed Rd., Westport, MA.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to: Westport Historical Society, P.O. Box N188, Westport, MA 02790, in the name of Anne Baker for her unfinished projects or to the Environmental Defense Fund, 257 Park Ave. South, New York, NY 10010 or EDF.org.
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Anne W. ‘Pete' Baker worked with building owners, agencies and historians in the documentation and preservation of more than 300 antique structures throughout southern New England during the last 60 years.
In 1976 she taught a Historical Skills Workshop at the South County Museum, North Kingstown, RI In 1979 she organized a Restoration Conference at Roger Williams College, Bristol, RI. She was a consultant for the Newport Restoration Foundation, Newport, RI; Martha's Vineyard Historical Preservation Society and the Architectural Resource Center, Martha's Vineyard, MA; Westport Historical Society and the Westport Historical Commission, Westport, MA; and the Waterfront Historic Area League (WHALE) of New Bedford, MA. In addition, she has served as a conservator in the revitalization of more than 200 antique buildings.
Among the more noteworthy projects Anne Baker supervised were the following:
Mott House, Portsmouth, RI, c. 1680
Vincent House, Martha's Vineyard, MA, c. 1700
Cole House, Seekonk, MA, c. 1700
Brownell House, Portsmouth, RI, c. 1700
Jerome House, Tiverton, RI, c.1700
Hart House, North Dartmouth MA, c. 1710
Howland House, South Dartmouth, MA, c. 1740
Tripp-Goddard House, Westport, MA, c. 1720
Capt. Jonathan Stoddard House, Newington, CT, c. 1740
Macomber-Sylvia Building, New Bedford, MA, c. 1816
Capt. Thomas Paine House, Jamestown, RI, c. 1680
Cory House, Westport, MA, c. 1750
Akin House, South Dartmouth, MA, c. 1762
Since 1996, she researched and cataloged Norman Isham's (1864-1943) architectural research that included Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut.
Anne Baker's book, Collecting Houses: 17th Century Houses -20th Century Adventure, (2003), is a personal account of how she came to love, understand and work with 17th and 18th century New England houses — some that she found hidden in the woods, some that she rescued from ignorance, greed or bureaucracy, and many that she discovered masquerading behind all sorts of disguises. Collecting Houses, designed to appeal to historians, architects, archeologists, carpenters, builders, restorers and preservationists, will help the reader to understand an old house, learn its language, hear its voice, and recognize its personality
Anne Baker also worked on a documentary film, called Old House Soul. This takes viewers on a journey to historic sites where they will experience the thrill of discovery and the tantalizing mysteries that reside behind the walls of our earliest buildings and in the fields and forests of our cherished landscape.
Articles about Anne Baker's work have appeared in:
The Chronicle (Dartmouth, MA)
The Herald News (Fall River, MA)
The Narragansett Times (Wakefield, RI)
Newport Daily News (RI)
Phoenix-Times Newspapers (Bristol, RI)
Providence Sunday Journal (RI)
The Spectator (Somerset, MA)
The Standard-Times (New Bedford, MA)
The Standard-Times (North Kingstown, RI)
The Standard-Times (Jamestown, RI)
Vineyard Gazette (Martha's Vineyard, MA)
Boston Magazine
National Fisherman
Yankee Magazine
Antiques Magazine
Fortune Magazine
Westport Shorelines
Awards:
Bay State Historical League
Town of Westport, Board of Selectman
Catherine Crapo Bullard Award - Waterfront Historic Area League (WHALE), New Bedford
Born in Providence, RI, she was daughter of the late Arthur Hamilton Watson Lewis and Mildred Mason Pennypacker-Francis. Pete Baker was an architectural historian.
Survivors include 3 sons: William S. Doolittle of Eugene, OR, Elisha W. Doolittle of Wakefield, RI and Benjamin C. Baker of FL; 4 daughters: Harriet S. (Doolittle) Vaughan of Narragansett, RI, Abby L. Doolittle of Burlington, CT, Nicole G. (Doolittle) Nomer of Wakefield, RI and Sarah H. Baker of Westport, MA; 8 grandchildren; and 2 great grandchildren. She was sister of the late Nancy Jane (Lewis) Burdick/Wall.
Private arrangements are under the direction of the Potter Funeral Home, 81 Reed Rd., Westport, MA.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to: Westport Historical Society, P.O. Box N188, Westport, MA 02790, in the name of Anne Baker for her unfinished projects or to the Environmental Defense Fund, 257 Park Ave. South, New York, NY 10010 or EDF.org.
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Anne W. ‘Pete' Baker worked with building owners, agencies and historians in the documentation and preservation of more than 300 antique structures throughout southern New England during the last 60 years.
In 1976 she taught a Historical Skills Workshop at the South County Museum, North Kingstown, RI In 1979 she organized a Restoration Conference at Roger Williams College, Bristol, RI. She was a consultant for the Newport Restoration Foundation, Newport, RI; Martha's Vineyard Historical Preservation Society and the Architectural Resource Center, Martha's Vineyard, MA; Westport Historical Society and the Westport Historical Commission, Westport, MA; and the Waterfront Historic Area League (WHALE) of New Bedford, MA. In addition, she has served as a conservator in the revitalization of more than 200 antique buildings.
Among the more noteworthy projects Anne Baker supervised were the following:
Mott House, Portsmouth, RI, c. 1680
Vincent House, Martha's Vineyard, MA, c. 1700
Cole House, Seekonk, MA, c. 1700
Brownell House, Portsmouth, RI, c. 1700
Jerome House, Tiverton, RI, c.1700
Hart House, North Dartmouth MA, c. 1710
Howland House, South Dartmouth, MA, c. 1740
Tripp-Goddard House, Westport, MA, c. 1720
Capt. Jonathan Stoddard House, Newington, CT, c. 1740
Macomber-Sylvia Building, New Bedford, MA, c. 1816
Capt. Thomas Paine House, Jamestown, RI, c. 1680
Cory House, Westport, MA, c. 1750
Akin House, South Dartmouth, MA, c. 1762
Since 1996, she researched and cataloged Norman Isham's (1864-1943) architectural research that included Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut.
Anne Baker's book, Collecting Houses: 17th Century Houses -20th Century Adventure, (2003), is a personal account of how she came to love, understand and work with 17th and 18th century New England houses — some that she found hidden in the woods, some that she rescued from ignorance, greed or bureaucracy, and many that she discovered masquerading behind all sorts of disguises. Collecting Houses, designed to appeal to historians, architects, archeologists, carpenters, builders, restorers and preservationists, will help the reader to understand an old house, learn its language, hear its voice, and recognize its personality
Anne Baker also worked on a documentary film, called Old House Soul. This takes viewers on a journey to historic sites where they will experience the thrill of discovery and the tantalizing mysteries that reside behind the walls of our earliest buildings and in the fields and forests of our cherished landscape.
Articles about Anne Baker's work have appeared in:
The Chronicle (Dartmouth, MA)
The Herald News (Fall River, MA)
The Narragansett Times (Wakefield, RI)
Newport Daily News (RI)
Phoenix-Times Newspapers (Bristol, RI)
Providence Sunday Journal (RI)
The Spectator (Somerset, MA)
The Standard-Times (New Bedford, MA)
The Standard-Times (North Kingstown, RI)
The Standard-Times (Jamestown, RI)
Vineyard Gazette (Martha's Vineyard, MA)
Boston Magazine
National Fisherman
Yankee Magazine
Antiques Magazine
Fortune Magazine
Westport Shorelines
Awards:
Bay State Historical League
Town of Westport, Board of Selectman
Catherine Crapo Bullard Award - Waterfront Historic Area League (WHALE), New Bedford
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