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Jireh Bull Blockhouse Historic Site
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| Nearest city: | South Kingstown, Rhode Island |
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| Built: | 1657 |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 83003869[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | November 3, 1983 |
The Jireh Bull Blockhouse (also known as the Jireh Bull Garrison House or Jireh Bull Block House) is an historic site on Middlebridge Road (RI-926) in South Kingstown, Rhode Island on Tower Hill.
In 1657 the original blockhouse was built by Jireh Bull, son of Rhode Island Governor Henry Bull. The stone garrison house was burned by the Native Americans in King Phillip's War on December 15, 1675, and its fifteen defenders were massacred. The site was added to the National Historic Register in 1983.
Jireh later moved back to Newport and may have constructed the earliest part of the Capt. John Mawdsley House.
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