Joy Homestead
Joy Homestead | |
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  Location within Rhode Island  Location within the United States | |
| Location | Cranston, Rhode Island |
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| Coordinates | 41°46′57″N 71°28′36″W / 41.78250°N 71.47667°W |
| Built | 1764 |
| NRHP reference No. | 71000035 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 18, 1971 |
The Joy Homestead, also known as the Job Joy House, is a historic house on Old Scituate Avenue in Cranston, Rhode Island. This 2+1⁄2-story gambrel-roof wood-framed house was built between 1764 and 1778. It was occupied by members of the Joy family until 1884, and was acquired by the Cranston Historical Society in 1959.[2] It was a stopping point on the first day's march in 1781 of the French Army troops marching from Providence to Yorktown, Virginia during the American Revolutionary War.[3]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1] The Historical Society offers tours.
See also
[edit]- Nathan Westcott House, another 18th-century house next door
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence County, Rhode Island
References
[edit]- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ↑ "NRHP nomination for Joy Homestead" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
- ↑ "Joy Homestead". Cranston Historical Society. Archived from the original on August 15, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
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Categories:
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
- Houses in Cranston, Rhode Island
- Museums in Providence County, Rhode Island
- Historic house museums in Rhode Island
- National Register of Historic Places in Providence County, Rhode Island
- Providence County, Rhode Island Registered Historic Place stubs