Mount Hope Farm

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Mount Hope Farm
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location: Bristol, Rhode Island
Built/Founded: 1745
Architectural style(s): Colonial
Added to NRHP: May 02, 1977
NRHP Reference#: 77000023

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Governing body: Private

Mount Hope Farm (also known as Gov. William Bradford House) is an historic estate on Metacom Avenue in Bristol, Rhode Island.

The farm is located near the Mount Hope Bridge in Mount Hope, Rhode Island and the grounds have been farmed since the 1680s. The farm house, built around 1745, was owned by Governor William Bradford, and the farms has over 200 acres of land with many historic buildings. Numerous Wampanoag artifacts have been found on the grounds and many are displayed in the nearby Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology.

The farm was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 as building #77000023.


[edit] References

  1. ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
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