Article: When Jean Baker moved to Rhode Island, she brought with her a passion for renovating old houses. Call her 100-year-old home a NEWPORT REVIVAL

NEWPORT, R.I. -- If houses were charms on a charm bracelet, Jean Baker's small turret-Victorian here would keep company with her 1834 Greek Revival row house in Boston's Bay Village; another Greek Revival, but brick and built later, on Brooklyn's Cobble Hill; and, briefly, a mansard pile on Staten Island with fireplaces in every room, to the count of 12, and a spectacular view of the East River ferry. That's not to forget the New Jersey house which was transitional, shingle tending toward Colonial Revival, or, a very long time ago, one of Newton's nicer homes.

Eight years ago this month, and thinking ahead to eventual retirement, the Bakers moved to Newport, a town they had long admired ...

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