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List of the oldest buildings in Rhode Island

Index List of the oldest buildings in Rhode Island

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. [1]

73 relations: Capt. John Mawdsley House, Clapboard (architecture), Clemence–Irons House, Clement Weaver–Daniel Howland House, Cranston, Rhode Island, Daggett House, Dendrochronology, Dr. Charles Cotton House, East Greenwich, Rhode Island, East Providence, Rhode Island, Edward Searle House, Eleazer Arnold House, Episcopal Church (United States), Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island, Forge Farm, Gorton-Greene House, Great Friends Meeting House, Henry Bull House, Henry Marchant, Henry Marchant Farm, Hopelands, John Bliss House, John Smith (President of Rhode Island), Johnston, Rhode Island, King Philip's War, Lincoln, Rhode Island, List of the oldest buildings in the United States, List of the oldest synagogues in the United States, Little Compton, Rhode Island, Moses Brown School, Nathaniel Daggett House, National Historic Landmark, Newport Tower (Rhode Island), Newport, Rhode Island, North Kingstown, Rhode Island, North Smithfield, Rhode Island, Old Narragansett Church, Palmer–Northrup House, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Peleg Arnold, Peleg Arnold Tavern, Perry-Carpenter Grist Mill, Peter Greene House, Phillip Walker House, Portsmouth Friends Meetinghouse Parsonage and Cemetery, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, Rhode Island, Rocky Hill School, Roger Mowry Tavern, Roger Williams, ..., Roger Williams University, Samuel Clarke Farm, Saylesville Meetinghouse, Six Principle Baptist Church, Smith's Castle, Smith–Appleby House, Smithfield, Rhode Island, South Kingstown, Rhode Island, Stephen Northup House, Stone ender, Thomas Fenner House, Timeline of architectural styles, Touro Synagogue, Trinity Church (Newport, Rhode Island), Valentine Whitman House, Vikings, Wanton–Lyman–Hazard House, Warwick, Rhode Island, White Horse Tavern (Newport, Rhode Island), Wickford, Rhode Island, Wilbor House, William Coddington, Windmill. Expand index (23 more) »

Capt. John Mawdsley House

The Captain John Mawdsley House, located at 228 Spring Street, is one of the oldest houses in Newport, Rhode Island.

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Clapboard (architecture)

Clapboard or clabbard, also called bevel siding, lap siding, and weatherboard, with regional variation in the definition of these terms, is wooden siding of a building in the form of horizontal boards, often overlapping.

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Clemence–Irons House

The Clemence–Irons House (also known as the Edward Manton House) is a historic house at 38 George Waterman Road in Johnston, Rhode Island.

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Clement Weaver–Daniel Howland House

The Clement Weaver–Daniel Howland House is a historic stone-ender timber frame house built in 1679.

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Cranston, Rhode Island

Cranston, once known as Pawtuxet, is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States.

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Daggett House

The Daggett House is an historic house in Slater Park in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

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Dendrochronology

Dendrochronology (or tree-ring dating) is the scientific method of dating tree rings (also called growth rings) to the exact year they were formed in order to analyze atmospheric conditions during different periods in history.

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Dr. Charles Cotton House

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East Greenwich, Rhode Island

East Greenwich is an affluent town and the county seat of Kent County, Rhode Island, United States.

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East Providence, Rhode Island

East Providence is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States.

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Edward Searle House

The Edward Searle House is an historic stone ender in Cranston, Rhode Island in the village of Oaklawn.

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Eleazer Arnold House

The Eleazer Arnold House is a historic house built for Eleazer Arnold in about 1693, and located at 487 Great Road, Lincoln, Rhode Island in the Great Road Historic District.

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Episcopal Church (United States)

The Episcopal Church is the United States-based member church of the worldwide Anglican Communion.

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Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island

The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, encompassing the state of Rhode Island.

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Forge Farm

Forge Farm is an historic farm at 40 Forge Road in Warwick, Rhode Island.

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Gorton-Greene House

The Gorton-Greene House, often called the Governor Greene Mansion, is an historic house in Warwick, Rhode Island.

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Great Friends Meeting House

Great Friends Meeting House is a meeting house of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) built in 1699 in Newport, Rhode Island.

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Henry Bull House

Governor Henry Bull House, in Newport, Rhode Island was allegedly the oldest house in Rhode Island, with parts of the house dating to 1639.

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Henry Marchant

Henry Marchant (April 9, 1741 – August 30, 1796) was American lawyer from Newport, Rhode Island and United States federal judge.

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Henry Marchant Farm

The Henry Marchant Farm is an historic farm on South County Trail (Rhode Island Route 2) in rural western South Kingstown, Rhode Island.

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Hopelands

Hopelands is a historic country estate on Wampanoag Road in Warwick, Rhode Island.

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John Bliss House

The John Bliss House is an historic stone ender house on 2 Wilbur Avenue near Bliss Road in Newport, Rhode Island.

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John Smith (President of Rhode Island)

John Smith (died 1663) was an early colonial settler and President of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.

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Johnston, Rhode Island

Johnston is a town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States.

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King Philip's War

King Philip's War (sometimes called the First Indian War, Metacom's War, Metacomet's War, Pometacomet's Rebellion, or Metacom's Rebellion) was an armed conflict in 1675–78 between American Indian inhabitants of the New England region of North America versus New England colonists and their Indian allies.

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Lincoln, Rhode Island

Lincoln is a town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States.

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List of the oldest buildings in the United States

This article attempts to list the oldest extant, freestanding buildings constructed in the United States and its territories.

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List of the oldest synagogues in the United States

The designation of the oldest synagogue in the United States requires careful use of definitions, and must be divided into two parts, the oldest in the sense of oldest surviving building, and the oldest in the sense of oldest congregation.

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Little Compton, Rhode Island

Little Compton is a town in Newport County, Rhode Island between the Sakonnet River and the Massachusetts state border.

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Moses Brown School

Moses Brown School is a Quaker school located in Providence, Rhode Island offering pre-kindergarten through secondary school classes.

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Nathaniel Daggett House

See also Daggett House, Slater Park, Pawtucket RI, built about the same time, by Nathaniel's father John. Nathaniel Daggett House (also known as "The House that Never Moved") is an historic building located at 74 Roger Williams Avenue in East Providence, Rhode Island.

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National Historic Landmark

A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a building, district, object, site, or structure that is officially recognized by the United States government for its outstanding historical significance.

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Newport Tower (Rhode Island)

The Newport Tower (also known as: Round Tower, Touro Tower, Newport Stone Tower and Old Stone Mill) is a round stone tower located in Touro Park in Newport, Rhode Island, the remains of a windmill built in the mid-17th century.

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Newport, Rhode Island

Newport is a seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States.

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North Kingstown, Rhode Island

North Kingstown is a town in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States, and is part of the Providence metropolitan area.

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North Smithfield, Rhode Island

North Smithfield is a town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States, settled as a farming community in 1666 and incorporated into its present form in 1871.

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Old Narragansett Church

Old Narragansett Church (also known as Old St. Paul's Church and St. Paul's Episcopal Church) is a historic Episcopal church located at 60 Church Lane in Wickford, Rhode Island, believed to be the oldest Episcopal church building in the Northeastern United States.

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Palmer–Northrup House

The Palmer–Northrup House (or "Northup House") is an historic house at 7919 Post Road in North Kingstown, Rhode Island.

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Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Pawtucket is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States.

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Peleg Arnold

Peleg Arnold (1751–1820) was a lawyer, tavern-keeper, jurist, and statesman from Smithfield, Rhode Island (now North Smithfield).

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Peleg Arnold Tavern

The Peleg Arnold Tavern off Great Road in Union Village in North Smithfield, Rhode Island was built around 1690 and is one of the oldest homes in North Smithfield.

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Perry-Carpenter Grist Mill

The Perry-Carpenter Grist Mill is an historic mill at 364 Moonstone Beach Road in South Kingstown, Rhode Island.

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Peter Greene House

The Peter Greene House is a historic house at 1124 West Shore Road in Warwick, Rhode Island.

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Phillip Walker House

The Phillip Walker House (also known as the Philip Walker House or Deacon Walker House) is an historic American Colonial house on 432 Massasoit Avenue in East Providence, Rhode Island.

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Portsmouth Friends Meetinghouse Parsonage and Cemetery

The Portsmouth Friends Meetinghouse, Parsonage, and Cemetery (also known as Portsmouth Friends Meeting House or Portsmouth Evangelical Friends Church) is a historic Friends Meeting House and cemetery of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), at 11 Middle Road and 2232 E. Main Road in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.

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Portsmouth, Rhode Island

Portsmouth is a town in Newport County, Rhode Island, USA.

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Rhode Island

Rhode Island, officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States.

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Rocky Hill School

Rocky Hill School is an independent, coeducational, college preparatory day school located on 84 acres along the Potowomut River and Narragansett Bay in East Greenwich, RI.

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Roger Mowry Tavern

The Roger Mowry Tavern, also known variously as the Roger Mowry House, Olney House and Abbott House, was a historic stone ender house, built around 1653, in Providence, Rhode Island.

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Roger Williams

Roger Williams (c. 21 December 1603 – between 27 January and 15 March 1683) was a Puritan minister, English Reformed theologian, and Reformed Baptist who founded the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.

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Roger Williams University

Roger Williams University (RWU) is a private, coeducational American liberal arts university located on in Bristol, Rhode Island, on Mt.

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Samuel Clarke Farm

The Samuel Clarke House, dating to c.1691, is one of the earliest surviving structures in the State of Rhode Island.

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Saylesville Meetinghouse

The Saylesville Friends Meetinghouse is an historic Quaker meetinghouse on Smithfield Avenue within the village of Saylesville in the town of Lincoln, Rhode Island.

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Six Principle Baptist Church

Six Principle Baptist Church (also known as Stony Lane Baptist Church, Stony Lane Six Principle Baptist Church and Old Baptist Meeting House) is a historic church at 921 Old Baptist Road in North Kingstown, Rhode Island.

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Smith's Castle

Smith's Castle, built in 1678, is a house museum at 55 Richard Smith Drive, near Wickford, a village in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States.

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Smith–Appleby House

The Smith–Appleby House Museum is a historic house museum at 220 Stillwater Road in Smithfield, Rhode Island.

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Smithfield, Rhode Island

Smithfield is located in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States.

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South Kingstown, Rhode Island

South Kingstown is a town in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 30,639 at the 2010 census. South Kingstown is the largest town in Washington County and is the largest town (land and water area) in the state of Rhode Island.

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Stephen Northup House

The Stephen Northup House (also known as the "Stephen Northrup House") is a historic house at 99 Featherbed Lane in North Kingstown, Rhode Island.

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Stone ender

The Stone-ender is a unique style of Rhode Island architecture that developed in the 17th century where one wall in a house is made up of a large stone chimney.

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Thomas Fenner House

The Thomas Fenner House or the "Sam Joy Place" is an historic stone-ender house on 43 Stony Acre Drive in Cranston, Rhode Island.

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Timeline of architectural styles

This timeline shows the periods of various styles of architecture in a graphical fashion.

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Touro Synagogue

The Touro Synagogue or Congregation Jeshuat Israel (קהל קדוש ישועת ישראל) is a synagogue built in 1763 in Newport, Rhode Island, that is the oldest synagogue building still standing in the United States, the oldest surviving Jewish synagogue building in North America, and the only surviving synagogue building in the U.S. dating to the colonial era.

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Trinity Church (Newport, Rhode Island)

Trinity Church, on Queen Anne Square in Newport, Rhode Island, is a historic parish church in the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island.

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Valentine Whitman House

The Valentine Whitman House is an historic stone ender house on Great Road in Lincoln, Rhode Island.

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Vikings

Vikings (Old English: wicing—"pirate", Danish and vikinger; Swedish and vikingar; víkingar, from Old Norse) were Norse seafarers, mainly speaking the Old Norse language, who raided and traded from their Northern European homelands across wide areas of northern, central, eastern and western Europe, during the late 8th to late 11th centuries.

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Wanton–Lyman–Hazard House

The Wanton–Lyman–Hazard House is the oldest surviving house in Newport, Rhode Island, United States.

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Warwick, Rhode Island

Warwick (locally) is a city in Kent County, Rhode Island, the second largest city in the state with a population of 82,672 at the 2010 census.

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White Horse Tavern (Newport, Rhode Island)

The White Horse Tavern was constructed before 1673 and is believed to be the oldest tavern building in the United States.

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Wickford, Rhode Island

Wickford is a small village in the town of North Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States, which is named after Wickford in Essex, England.

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Wilbor House

The Wilbor House is a historic house museum at 548 West Main Road in Little Compton, Rhode Island, and currently serves as the headquarters of the Little Compton Historical Society.

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William Coddington

William Coddington (c. 1601 – 1 November 1678) was an early magistrate of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and later of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.

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Windmill

A windmill is a mill that converts the energy of wind into rotational energy by means of vanes called sails or blades.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_oldest_buildings_in_Rhode_Island

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