The George Fayerweather Blacksmith Shop is an historic homestead and
blacksmith
A blacksmith is a metalsmith who creates objects primarily from wrought iron or steel, but sometimes from #Other metals, other metals, by forging the metal, using tools to hammer, bend, and cut (cf. tinsmith). Blacksmiths produce objects such ...
shop at 1859 Mooresfield Road on the eastern outskirts of the
Kingston Historic District in
South Kingstown, Rhode Island
South Kingstown is a town in, and the county seat of, Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 31,931 at the 2020 census. South Kingstown is the second largest town in Rhode Island by total geographic area, behind New ...
. It was the home of
George Fayerweather
George Fayerweather III (1802– 13 November 1869) was a blacksmith and activist for abolitionism. He was of mixed Narragansett and African Ancestry from South Kingstown, Rhode Island.
Early life and education
Fayerweather was born to George F ...
, an African-American blacksmith and his family, including his wife
Sarah Harris Fayerweather
Sarah Harris Fayerweather (April 16 1812 – November 16 1878) was an African-American activist, abolitionist, and school integrationist. Beginning in January 1833 at the age of twenty, she attended Prudence Crandall's Canterbury Female Boarding Sc ...
. The shop was built in 1820 and was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1984. The property is maintained by the Kingston Improvement Association, a non-profit organization of local residents, and is now the home of the Fayerweather Craft Guild and the Kingston Garden Club.
See also
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References
External links
Fayerweather Houseat the Kingston Improvement Association
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Blacksmith shops
Houses completed in 1820
Industrial buildings completed in 1820
Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
Buildings and structures in South Kingstown, Rhode Island
Historic American Buildings Survey in Rhode Island
National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Rhode Island
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