Dexter Arnold Farmstead

Dexter Arnold Farmstead
Location Scituate, Rhode Island
Coordinates 41°48′59″N 71°39′54″W / 41.81639°N 71.66500°WCoordinates: 41°48′59″N 71°39′54″W / 41.81639°N 71.66500°W
Area 3.6 acres (1.5 ha)
Built 1813
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Other, Federal
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 77001586 [1]
Added to NRHP November 25, 1977

The Dexter Arnold Farmstead is a historic farmstead on Chopmist Hill Road (Rhode Island Route 102) in Scituate, Rhode Island. The main house, a 2-1/2 story wood frame structure five bays wide, with a large central chimney, was built in 1813. The 3.6-acre (1.5 ha) property also has five outbuildings which appear (based in part on photographs of the property from 1860) to be near contemporaries to the house, a relative rarity in rural Rhode Island. The main barn survived into the 20th century, but was destroyed by the New England Hurricane of 1938. The property also includes a small family cemetery. The house, built by Dexter Arnold in land belonging to his father, remained in family hands until 1975.[2]

The farmhouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.[1]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Dexter Arnold Farmstead". Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-10-05.