Greenvale Farm

Greenvale Farm

Photo of the main house, c. 1870
Nearest city Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Coordinates 41°32′03″N 71°14′14″W / 41.5342°N 71.2372°W / 41.5342; -71.2372Coordinates: 41°32′03″N 71°14′14″W / 41.5342°N 71.2372°W / 41.5342; -71.2372
Area 53 acres (21 ha)
Built 1864
Architect Coggeshall, Edmond; Sturgis, John Hubbard
Architectural style Stick/Eastlake
NRHP Reference # 80000082 [1]
Added to NRHP January 4, 1980

Greenvale Farm is an historic farm and 19th-century summer estate at 582 Wapping Road in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Historically used for farmland, a portion of this 53-acre (21 ha) was transformed into an expansive country estate in the 1860s by John Barstow, a Boston merchant. It is located at the end of a narrow dirt lane, and is set overlooking the Sakonnet River. The main house, designed by John Hubbard Sturgis and built in 1864-65, is an exuberant implementation of the Stick style with Gothic features. It has asymmetric form, with a variety of projections, dormers, gables, and cross-gables, with a variety of exterior finishes. The estate continues to be owned by Barstow descendants.[2]

The estate was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[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 Greenvale Farm" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-11-03.


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