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Rhode Island
Providence
Governor
Henry Lippit House Museum
199 Hope St, East Side
Providence
RI
02906
Phone
401 453-0688
E-mail
*****
Description
home built by 2 term governor who got rich
selling textiles to both sdes in the Civil War
Type of
Resource
House Museum
Primary
Focus
Famous People
Nature of
Group or Site
Government
Industry
/Profession
Politics
Era
1863
New or
Updated:
12/5/2005
Providence
John Brown House
Museum
52 Power Street
Providence
RI
02906
Phone
401 273-7507
Web Site http://www.rihs.org/Museums.html
E-mail
mailto:bgreene@rihs.org
Description
mansion restored as a showcase of Rhode Island
furniture and
Type of Resource
House Museum
Collection
Decorative Arts
Era 1786
Owner/Operator:
Rhode Island Historical Society
New or Updated:
2/21/2006
Rhode Island
Rumford
John Hunt House
65 Hunts Mill Road
Rumford RI 02916
Phone 401 438-1750
Web Site http://ephist.org/about.htm
Description house restored to 18th century appearance
serves as museum, society headquarters, and terminus of heritage corridor
Type of Resource House Museum
Primary Focus Historical Society
Era 1750-1790
Owner/Operator: East Providence Historical Society
New or Updated: 05/14/2003
Saunderstown
Gilbert
Stuart Birthplace
815 Gilbert Stuart Road
Saunderstown
RI
02874
Phone
401 294-3001
Web Site
http://www.gilbertstuartmuseum.com/
Alt Web
http://www.visitrhodeisland.com/trails/trails_southcounty_01.aspx
Description
family home of famous portrait painter, with
reproduction paintings, and first snuff mill in US
Type of
Resource
House Museum
Primary
Focus
Famous People
Building
Type
Mill
Industry
/Profession
Farming
New or
Updated:
11/30/2005
Rhode Island
Smithfield
Smith-Appleby House
220 Stillwater Road
Smithfield
RI
02917
Phone
401 231-7363
Web Site
http://www.smithfieldhistory.org/
Alt Web
http://www.riedc.com/mcds/Smithfield.html - points
Description
restored farm house
Type
of Resource
House Museum
Era
1696
Owner/Operator:
Historical Society of Smithfield
New
or Updated:
3/31/2004
Tiverton
Chase Cory
House
3908 Main Road
Tiverton
RI
02878
Phone
401 624-2096
Web Site
*****
E-mail
Alt Web
http://www.coryfamsoc.com/about_us/annual_meetings/2002/images/chace_cor
y_house/chace_cory_house.htm
Description
by appointment
Type of
Resource
House Museum
Era
1730
New or
Updated:
11/26/2004
Rhode Island
Westerly
Babcock-Smith House
124 Granite Street
Westerly
RI
02891
Phone
401 596-4424
Alt
Phone
401 596-5704
Web Site
http://www.babcock-smithhouse.com/
E-mail
mailto:info@babcock-smithhouse.com
Description
Early Georgian style home of colonial era
physician & Chief Justice
Type
of Resource
House Museum
Era
Colonial
New
or Updated:
4/3/2004 |
