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Babcock-Smith House
- 401-596-5704
- 124 Granite Street, Westerly, RI, USA
The Georgian Mansion (circa 1734) is the former home of the Babcocks and Smiths. The mansion is elegantly furnished with… Read More
Blithewold
- 401-253-2707
- 101 Ferry Road, Bristol, RI, USA
Ranked by Yankee Magazine as one of the five best public gardens in New England, Blithewold, formerly home to the… Read More
Clouds Hill Victorian House Museum
- 401-884-9490
- 4157 Post Road, Warwick, RI, USA
The house at Clouds Hill was built as a wedding gift for Elizabeth Ives Slater on her marriage to Alfred… Read More
Governor Henry Lippitt House Museum
- 401-272-5101
- 199 Hope Street, Providence, RI, USA
Heir to one of Rhode Island’s leading textile manufacturing families, Henry Lippitt (1818-1891) designed and supervised the construction in 1865… Read More
Hearthside
- 401-726-597
- 677 Great Road, Lincoln, RI, USA
Located just to the north of Providence in Lincoln, Rhode Island, Hearthside is a unique stone mansion built in 1810… Read More
Newport Mansions
- 401-847-1000
- 424 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI, USA
The Preservation Society of Newport County presents 10 of the best homes in America. The Breakers, The Elms, Marble House,… Read More
Paine House
- 401-249-633
- 7 Station St, Coventry, RI, USA
The Paine house originally was built around 1691 by Samuel Bennett. Samuel ran a saw mill at this site and… Read More
The James Mitchell Varnum House
- 401-884-1776
- 57 Peirce St, East Greenwich, RI, USA
The two-storied frame house being built just above the Kent Country Court House was the new home of a young… Read More
The Wanton-Lyman-Hazard House Museum
- 401-841-8770
- Broadway, Newport, RI, USA
Newport, Rhode Island's oldest residence, built in 1697 and home to generations of colonial governors and American patriots. Read More