Historic Walking Tours of Narragansett Pier
Left: Narragansett Pier, R.I., Illustrated, 1891 Right: SCM photo jrt-2011
La Sata
94 Central Street
Archtectural Description
2-1/2-story, gable-roofed dwelling with a side wing, a veranda, a porte-cochere, "Swiss chalet"
porch and gable ornamentation, and scrolled consoles punctuating a row of four closely set
windows in the front gable.
Original Owner/Resident
Built for John H. Shepard of New York.
Year Built
1887
Comments
A subsequent owner of La Sata was the Bouvier family. Jackie Bouvier, later the wife of President
John Kennedy, visited here as a child during the summers. La Sata is said to be Native American for
"house of peace."