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- Destroyed early Rhode Island buildings
- See also
- Notes
- External links
{{see also|Oldest buildings in America}}This article attempts to list the oldest buildings in the state of Rhode Island in the United States of America, including the oldest houses in Rhode Island and any other surviving structures. Some dates are approximate and based on architectural studies and historical records, other dates are based on dendrochronology. All entries should include citation with reference to: architectural features; a report by an architectural historian; or dendrochronology. List{{Expand list|date=August 2008}}| Building | Location | First Built | Notes |
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| White Horse Tavern (Rhode Island) | Newport, Rhode Island | 1652/1673 | Oldest tavern in America, originally built in 1652 as a residence and expanded into a tavern in 1673, likely including parts of the original structure[1] | | Stephen Northup House | North Kingstown, Rhode Island | c. 1660–1661 (possibly rebuilt in 1670s) | possibly burned during King Philip's War in the 1670s and rebuilt, later modifications 1712, 1850, 2004 | | Newport Tower (Rhode Island) | Newport, Rhode Island | c. 1670 or pre-1492 | Viking structure[2] or colonial windmill.[3] No roof or floors since the mid-18th century | | Thomas Fenner House | Cranston, Rhode Island | 1677 | early stone ender | | Edward Searle House | Cranston, Rhode Island | 1670–1720 | early stone ender | | Capt. John Mawdsley House | Newport, Rhode Island | c. 1677–1680 | with a large 18th century modification | | Smith's Castle | Wickford, Rhode Island | 1678 | house museum, site of Roger Williams trading post, National Historic Landmark | | Clement Weaver House | East Greenwich, Rhode Island | 1679 | early stone ender. See also http://www.c1679.com | | John Bliss House | Newport, Rhode Island | c. 1680 | early stone ender | | Forge Farm | Warwick, Rhode Island | 1684 | oldest part of house dates to 1684 | | Daggett House | Pawtucket, Rhode Island | 1685 | oldest house in Pawtucket | | Gorton-Greene House | Warwick, Rhode Island | 1685 | | Palmer-Northrup House | North Kingstown, Rhode Island | c. 1685 | | Hopelands | Warwick, Rhode Island | c. 1686 | western ell of building, dates to 1686, now part of Rocky Hill School | | Peleg Arnold Tavern | North Smithfield, Rhode Island | c. 1690 | home of Peleg Arnold | | Wilbor House | Little Compton, Rhode Island | 1690 | oldest house in Little Compton | | Clemence-Irons House | Johnston, Rhode Island | 1691 | primitive stone ender | | Samuel Clarke House and Farm | Kenyon, Rhode Island | 1691 | Retains original exterior wide oak weatherboards – on the north side, early 18th-century window sash and frames, a granite central chimney with four fireplaces and original period interior architectural detail. | | Eleazer Arnold House | Lincoln, Rhode Island | c. 1693 | National Historic Landmark | | Valentine Whitman House | Lincoln, Rhode Island | 1694 | early stone ender | | Smith-Appleby House | Smithfield, Rhode Island | 1696 | museum | | Wanton-Lyman-Hazard House | Newport, Rhode Island | 1697 | one of the oldest houses in Newport, currently a museum | | Great Friends Meeting House | Newport, Rhode Island | 1699 | Quaker Meeting House, oldest surviving church building in Rhode Island | | Portsmouth Friends Meetinghouse Parsonage and Cemetery | Portsmouth, Rhode Island | 1699–1700 | Quaker Meeting House, original site of Moses Brown School, likely oldest church building in RI used continuously as a church | | Samuel E. Perry House | [4] | South Kingstown, RI | 1696–1716. Foundation purportedly dates from 1661. | Located in Matunuck[4] | | Nathaniel Daggett House | East Providence, Rhode Island | ca. 1700 | Likely oldest house in East Providence | | Perry-Carpenter Grist Mill | South Kingstown, Rhode Island | 1703 | Located in Matunuck[4][5] | | Six Principle Baptist Church | North Kingstown, Rhode Island | 1703 | oldest Baptist church building in RI, possibly oldest Baptist church building in the U.S. | | Saylesville Meetinghouse | Lincoln, Rhode Island | 1704 | Possibly oldest church building in Providence County, RI | | Old Narragansett Church | Wickford, Rhode Island | 1707 | oldest surviving colonial Episcopal church in Northern USA | | Henry Palmer House | [4] | South Kingstown, RI | 1721 | Private home in East Matunuck[4] | | Dr. Charles Cotton House | Newport, RI | c. 1720 | Dr. Charles Cotton, a great-grandson of Josiah Cotton and surgeon aboard the USS Constitution, owned the house in the early 19th century. | | Peter Greene House | Warwick, Rhode Island | c. 1720–1750 | | Carr-LeValley House | West Warwick, Rhode Island | 1722 | Possibly oldest building in West Warwick, RI | | Phillip Walker House | East Providence, Rhode Island | 1724 | research site used by Roger Williams University | | Trinity Episcopal Church | Newport, Rhode Island | 1726 | Oldest Parish in Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island | | Captain John Warren House | Newport, Rhode Island | 1737 | French Navy Artillery Headquarters 1780–1781[6] | | Gilbert Stuart Birthplace | Saunderstown, RI | 1750 | Birthplace of Gilbert Stuart, one of 18th century America’s most noted master portrait artists. Stuart is best known for his unfinished Athenaeum portrait of George Washington (seen on the US one dollar bill). | | Weeden Farm House (Willow Dell) | [4] | South Kingstown, RI | 1753 | Located in Matunuck[4] | | Rocky Meadows Farm House | [4] | South Kingstown, RI | 1754 | Rumored to have been a tavern. Located on Old Post Road (Route 1)[4] The farm land is now protected by the South Kingstown Land Trust.[7] | | Henry Marchant House | [4] | South Kingstown, RI | pre 1760 | Located off of South County Trail (Route 2). Henry Marchant was Rhode Island's Attorney General from 1771 to 1777. Between 1777 and 1780, he represented Rhode Island in the Continental Congress,and after the Revolution, Marchant served in the Rhode Island General Assembly.[4] | | Touro Synagogue | Newport, Rhode Island | 1759–1763 | Oldest surviving synagogue building in the United States | |
Destroyed early Rhode Island buildings See also - Henry Bull House, c. 1639 possibly oldest house in RI until demolished in 1912)
- Oldest buildings in America
- Roger Mowry Tavern, c. 1653 possibly oldest house in RI until demolished in 1900)
- Stone-ender
- Timeline of architectural styles
Notes 1. ^Architecture and Town Planning in Colonial North America – Page 1036, by James D. Kornwolf, Georgiana Wallis Kornwolf (2002)
2. ^There is no archaeological or documentary evidence for this, but the theory has persisted since the early 19th century
3. ^William F. McNeil, Visitors to Ancient America (McFarland: 2004), 78.
4. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 {{cite book|title=Historic and Architectural Resources of South Kingstown, Rhode Island: A Preliminary Report|publisher=Rhode Island Historic Preservation Commission|year=1984 |location=150 Benefit St Providence, RI 02903|pages=21,23,103,109,133,141,146|url=http://www.preservation.ri.gov/pdfs_zips_downloads/survey_pdfs/south_kingstown.pdf}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=Grist Mill Repairs complete thanks to Foundation & Individual Grants|url=http://sklt.org/news/grist-mill-repairs-complete-thanks-to-foundation-individual-grants/|publisher=sklt.org|access-date=2016-02-03}}
6. ^{{cite web|title=Captain John Warren House|url=http://www.colonialamerica.com/site/map.cfm?primary_site_key=259C1EF3-020E-644E-63ED5FE7C7BBCF77|website=Colonial America|publisher=Northeast Communications, LLC|accessdate=18 August 2016}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://sklt.org/|title=South Kingstown Land Trust}}
8. ^{{cite book|last=Bicknell |first=Thomas Williams|authorlink=Thomas W. Bicknell |title=The History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |year=1920 |volume=Vol.3 |publisher=The American Historical Society |place=New York |pages=1014–1025 |oclc=1953313 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JRQZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA998&lpg=PA998&dq=In+1779,+there+was+demolished+in+Warwick+a+venerable+stone+house&source=bl&ots=sgS061B6xZ&sig=bWgEUR1Ucc0lAF94j_SmN2mSaYc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=3S8hUKvADunf0QGevoGQBA&ved=0CFAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=In%201779%2C%20there%20was%20demolished%20in%20Warwick%20a%20venerable%20stone%20house&f=false}}
External links - Clement Weaver House - Oldest House in Rhode Island, (1679) (accessed on June 21, 2008)
- [https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=m94DAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22early+rhode+island+houses%22&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=yl16-YP_Gj&sig=_ZBJaibPmMDDdCeZEdORfy7GmfE&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result Norman A. Isham & Alber Frederic Brown, Early Rhode Island Houses:, (Preston & Rounds, 1895) (accessed June 21, 2008 on Google Book Search)]
- [https://www.jstor.org/pss/359289 Oldest Houses in South County, (1934) (accessed on June 21, 2008)]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20051115092922/http://www.preservation.ri.gov/pdfs_zips/news_pdfs/headlines_pdfs/dating_house.pdf Michael Mello, Providence Journal, "Dating R.I's oldest houses is part science, part art" August 21, 2005]
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