Joy Homestead

Joy Homestead
Location Cranston, Rhode Island
Coordinates 41°46′57″N 71°28′36″W / 41.78250°N 71.47667°W / 41.78250; -71.47667Coordinates: 41°46′57″N 71°28′36″W / 41.78250°N 71.47667°W / 41.78250; -71.47667
Built 1764
Architect Unknown
Architectural style No Style Listed
NRHP Reference # 71000035 [1]
Added to NRHP February 18, 1971

The Joy Homestead, also known as the Job Joy House, is an historic house on Old Scituate Avenue in Cranston, Rhode Island. This 2 12-story gambrel-roof wood-frame house was built sometime between 1764 and 1778. It was occupied by members of the Joy family until 1884, and was acquired by the Cranston Historical Society in 1959.[2] The house is believed to a stopping point on the first day's march in 1781 of the French Army troops en route from Providence to Yorktown during the American Revolutionary War.[3]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1] The Historical Society offers tours.

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Joy Homestead" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
  3. "Joy Homestead". Cranston Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-08-01.

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