Hearthside is a historic house in Lincoln, Rhode Island at 677 Great Road (Rt. 123), at the intersection of Breakneck Hill Road.
Hearthside House | |
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| Location | Lincoln, Rhode Island |
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| Coordinates | 41°54′23″N 71°25′50″W / 41.90639°N 71.43056°W |
| Built | 1810 |
| Part of | Great Road Historic District (ID74000051) |
| NRHP reference No. | 73000069[1] |
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| Added to NRHP | April 24, 1973 |
| Designated CP | July 22, 1974 |
Stephen Hopkins Smith built this Federal style house in 1810 of fieldstone and it contains 10 fireplaces or hearths. Smith allegedly built the house with winnings from the Louisiana state lottery to unsuccessfully woo a woman from Providence.[2] Frederick C. Sayles bought the property in 1901. Hearthside served as a private residence until 1996 until the town of Lincoln purchased the property and the "Friends of Hearthside", a nonprofit organization, became overseers of the property.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]
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- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Hearthside" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
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