The Joseph Slocum House is an historic house on Slocum Road (about 1/4 mile south of Indian Corner Road) in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. It is a 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame house, five bays wide, with a large central chimney. It faces south on the east side of Slocum Road. The house has been dated to the mid-18th century based on architectural evidence; its first documented owner was Joseph Slocum, in the early 19th century. The house is a rare surviving 18th-century farmhouse, a type once numerous in the town.[2]
Joseph Slocum House | |
 This house now stands on the site; if it is the original it is much altered | |
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| Location | Slocum Rd., North Kingstown, Rhode Island |
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| Coordinates | 41°31′35″N 71°31′4″W / 41.52639°N 71.51778°W |
| Built | 1750 |
| Architect | Cape |
| MPS | North Kingstown MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 85001648[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 19, 1985 |
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "Historic Resources of North Kingstown (PDF pages 65-66)" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-11-11.