Clouds Hill (Warwick, Rhode Island)

Cedar Hill
Location 4157 Post Road, Warwick, Rhode Island
Area 27.4 acres (11.1 ha)
Built 1877
Architect William R. Walker
Architectural style Gothic Revival
NRHP Reference # 14001077[1]
Added to NRHP December 22, 2014

Clouds Hill is a historic house museum at 4157 Post Road in Warwick, Rhode Island. It is located on the estate formerly known as Cedar Hill, a country estate built 1871-77 as a wedding present for Elizabeth Ives Slater Reed by her father, William S. Slater. The main mansion house is a large Gothic Revival structure, designed by noted Providence architect William R. Walker, and is one of his few surviving large-scale residential designs. Both the Slaters and Reeds were leading industrial textile magnates in Rhode Island, and the property contains many examples of high quality Victorian-era workmanship, including a distinctive Egyptian-themed room. The estate was occupied by four generations of Reed descendants, and was converted to a museum in 2004.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.[1] The museum is open by appointment, or when events are scheduled.

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  1. 1 2 Staff (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Cedar Hill" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
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