Pitcher-Goff House

Pitcher-Goff House

Pitcher-Goff House is now known as The Grand Manor
Location Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Coordinates 41°52′37″N 71°22′49″W / 41.87694°N 71.38028°W / 41.87694; -71.38028Coordinates: 41°52′37″N 71°22′49″W / 41.87694°N 71.38028°W / 41.87694; -71.38028
Built 1840
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Italianate
Part of Quality Hill Historic District (#84002041)
NRHP Reference # 76000001 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP June 24, 1976
Designated CP April 13, 1984

The Pitcher-Goff House, now known as The Grand Manor, is an historic house at 58 Walcott Street in the Quality Hill neighborhood of Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The house is architecturally eclectic, with a largely Italianate exterior, and a Late Victorian interior. The house was built for Elias B. Pitcher, a cotton textile manufacturer, in 1840. Later it was sold to Lyman B. Goff, another local industrialist, who made significant alterations to the interior, replacing a great deal of the older woodwork with more fashionable Queen Anne styling in 1881. He also modified the exterior, but these changes were largely limited to the porch, which also exhibits fine Queen Anne detailing.[2]

Goff's daughter donated the house for use by the local chapter of the American Red Cross in 1922.[2] It has since served as a headquarters for the Boy Scouts, and in 1970 it housed the Rhode Island Children's Museum. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. It is now operated as an event and function space; tours are available by appointment.

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References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "NRHP nomination for Pitcher-Goff House" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-11-19.


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