Greene–Durfee House
Greene–Durfee House is located in Rhode Island
Greene–Durfee House
Greene–Durfee House is located in the United States
Greene–Durfee House
Location1272 W. Shore Rd., Warwick, Rhode Island
Coordinates41°42′46″N 71°22′48″W / 41.71278°N 71.38000°W / 41.71278; -71.38000
Builtc. 1780
Architectural styleGeorgian
MPSWarwick MRA
NRHP reference No.83000172[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 18, 1983

The Greene–Durfee House (also Greene–Durffee) is a historic house at 1272 West Shore Road in Warwick, Rhode Island.

History and architecture

The house was built in the late eighteenth century by William Greene (1763–1852), a descendant of John Greene, an original settler of Warwick in 1643. William Greene was a farmer merchant marine and his father, Godfrey Greene (1732–1801), was a mariner and shipmaster.[2] A date of circa 1780 has been given to the house, but Greene likely did not build until after his marriage in 1796. In 1846 he sold the house to Charles Wells Greene (1850–1857), his only son, who died unmarried. The house was inherited by his sister, Almira (Greene) Durfee (1807–1888), widow of Edward Greene Durfee (1809–1851). The house was later acquired by her daughter, Sarah, and her husband John F. Woodmansee.[3] In the early twenty–first century the house was divided into apartments, though this has been reversed.

The house, a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure with a large central chimney, stands set well back from the west side of the road, opposite Church Avenue and a small cemetery. It is set behind a small wood-frame commercial building and is partially screened from view by bushes. It is one of the city's finest Georgian style houses, with a particularly well-preserved interior.[3]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ↑ Louise Brownell Clarke, The Greenes of Rhode Island, With Historical Records of English Ancestry, 1534-1902 (New York: George Sears Greene Jr. and Francis Vinton Greene, 1903)
  3. 1 2 "Historic Resources of Warwick, Rhode Island (PDF pages 93–94)" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-08-27.


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