Willow Dell

For the community in Ohio, see Willowdell, Ohio.
Willow Dell
Location South Kingstown, Rhode Island
Coordinates 41°23′47″N 71°33′4″W / 41.39639°N 71.55111°W / 41.39639; -71.55111Coordinates: 41°23′47″N 71°33′4″W / 41.39639°N 71.55111°W / 41.39639; -71.55111
Area 7 acres (2.8 ha)
Built 1752
Architect unknown
Architectural style Colonial
MPS Single-Family Houses in Rhode Island MPS
NRHP Reference # 96001321 [1]
Added to NRHP November 21, 1996

Willow Dell, also known as the Weeden Farm, is an historic farmhouse on 2700 Commander Oliver Hazard Perry Highway in South Kingstown, Rhode Island. It is located on the south side of the highway, just west of Matunuck Beach Road, on a 7-acre (2.8 ha) parcel of land. The main block of the 2-1/2 story gambrel-roofed house was built c. 1752 by Colonel Jeremiah Bowen, and was purchased in 1826 by Wager Weeden, whose descendants still own the property. The property includes two barns, a garage, and a stable which has been converted to residential use, as well as the Wager Weeden Memorial Fountain, visible on the south side of the highway by a stone marker.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[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 Willow Dell" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-09-30.


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