Clingstone

Clingstone, an unusual 103-year-old mansion in Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay, survives through the love and hard work of family and friends. Mr. Wood, a 79-year-old Boston architect, bought the house with his ex-wife Joan in 1961 for $3,600. It had been empty for two decades. There are 10 bedrooms at Clingstone, all with indecently beautiful views. The owner runs the house like a camp: all skilled workers welcome. The Jamestown Boatyard hauls the family’s boats and floating dock and stores them each winter in return for a week’s use of the house in the summer.