place

John Arnold House (Woonsocket, Rhode Island)

Houses completed in 1712Houses in Woonsocket, Rhode IslandHouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode IslandNational Register of Historic Places in Providence County, Rhode IslandProvidence County, Rhode Island Registered Historic Place stubs
John Arnold House Woonsocket, Rhode Island RI
John Arnold House Woonsocket, Rhode Island RI

The John Arnold House is an historic house on 99 Providence Street in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. The main block of this two-story wood-frame house is conventionally believed to have been built in 1712, but there is architectural evidence parts of it may be even older. There are two additions: a two-story gable-roof section extending south (dating to the early 20th century), to which a mid-20th-century addition has been made. Elements of the house's antiquity remain in the main block despite its conversion to multiunit housing. The house is presumed to have been built by John Arnold, grandson of early Rhode Island settler William Arnold.The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 24, 1982.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article John Arnold House (Woonsocket, Rhode Island) (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors, Images).

John Arnold House (Woonsocket, Rhode Island)
Coe Street, Woonsocket

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: John Arnold House (Woonsocket, Rhode Island)Continue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 41.994722222222 ° E -71.522777777778 °
placeShow on map

Address

Coe Street 40
02895 Woonsocket
Rhode Island, United States
mapOpen on Google Maps

John Arnold House Woonsocket, Rhode Island RI
John Arnold House Woonsocket, Rhode Island RI
Share experience

Nearby Places

Smithfield Friends Meeting House, Parsonage and Cemetery
Smithfield Friends Meeting House, Parsonage and Cemetery

The Smithfield Friends Meeting House, Parsonage and Cemetery, is a Friends Meeting House of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), rebuilt in 1881. It is located at 108 Smithfield Road (Route 146A) in Woonsocket, Rhode Island (across the street from North Smithfield). The meetinghouse is home to one of the oldest Quaker communities in the region. Rhode Island provided a home to many Quaker refugees in the 17th century, and in the early 18th century a group of "Friends" started this congregation. Their original Meeting House, built in 1719, was connected to a chain of Quaker Meeting Houses that were built along Great Road (near Union Village and Smithfield Road Historic District). It was destroyed by fire in 1881 and replaced by the current structure, a simple wood-frame clapboarded structure with Greek Revival features.The forested area directly to the north of the meeting house is a natural cemetery. Roughly 300 Friends from the 18th and 19th centuries are buried in this land, although only 100 Friends requested a gravestone or marker. The area is not pesticided or mowed. A natural canopy of trees is allowed to grow over the cemetery. Quaker customs frowned on the use and erection of large gravestones or monuments. They also were "advised to avoid all extravagant expenses" with regard to the passing of a loved one. If the family simply had to have a gravestone, a simple one, no more than 15 inches in height above the ground, was allowed. The name, age and date of death of the deceased were all that were to be inscribed upon the stone.In the early 19th century, Smithfield meeting struggled with the issue of abolition of slavery. Some Friends, notably Abby Kelley, may have been actively involved with the smuggling of slaves from Southern ports by ship to Providence, then through northern Rhode Island to Worcester, Massachusetts, and on to Canada. Other, quietist Friends believed in not breaking an earthly government's law. Smithfield Friends Meeting became a Guerneyite (pastoral) meeting during New England's schism in the early 19th century. The New England schism ended in 1945. Smithfield continues to be a pastoral meeting, although the practice has become less common among New England Friends.