Arad Wood House

Arad Wood House
Location Cranston, Rhode Island
Coordinates 41°46′30″N 71°26′18″W / 41.77500°N 71.43833°W / 41.77500; -71.43833Coordinates: 41°46′30″N 71°26′18″W / 41.77500°N 71.43833°W / 41.77500; -71.43833
Built 1858
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Italianate
NRHP Reference # 88001125 [1]
Added to NRHP August 3, 1988

The Arad Wood House is an historic house at 407 Pontiac Avenue in Cranston, Rhode Island. The 2 12-story wood-frame house was built c. 1858 for N. Thornton, and is one Cranston's finest Italianate houses. Although it was built as a farmhouse, it was acquired in the 1890s by Arad Wood, one of Cranston's wealthiest businessmen, who operated a gentleman's farm of several hundred acres. The house was also later the first home of the Cranston chapter of the American Red Cross.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

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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 Arad Wood House" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-08-02.


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