Varnum House Museum
   HOME

TheInfoList



Click Here for Items Related To - Varnum House Museum
OR:
Varnum House Museum on:   [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Amazon]

The General James Mitchell Varnum House is an historic house at 57 Peirce Street in
East Greenwich, Rhode Island East Greenwich is a town and the county seat of Kent County, Rhode Island. The population was 14,312 at the 2020 census. East Greenwich is the wealthiest municipality within the state of Rhode Island. It is part of the Providence metropolitan st ...
. The -story wood-frame house was built in 1773 for
James Mitchell Varnum James Mitchell Varnum (December 17, 1748 – January 9, 1789) was an American legislator, lawyer, generalHeitman, ''Officers of the Continental Army'', 559. in the Continental Army, and a pioneer to the Ohio Country.Wilkins, ''Memoirs of the Rho ...
, who later served as a general in the
Continental Army The Continental Army was the army of the United Colonies (the Thirteen Colonies) in the Revolutionary-era United States. It was formed by the Second Continental Congress after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, and was establis ...
during the
American Revolutionary War The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a major war of the American Revolution. Widely considered as the war that secured the independence of t ...
. It is five bays wide, with two interior brick chimneys. Its main entry is sheltered by a portico supported by fluted Ionic columns and pilasters. A 19th-century addition extends from the rear of the main block. Notable later residents of the house include
George A. Brayton George A. Brayton (1803 – April 21, 1880) was a justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court from 1843 to 1874, serving as chief justice from 1868 to 1874. Born in Warwick, Rhode Island, Brayton graduated from Brown University in 1824, and studie ...
, who served as Chief Justice of the
Rhode Island Supreme Court The Rhode Island Supreme Court is the court of last resort in the U.S. State of Rhode Island. The Court consists of a Chief Justice and four Associate Justices, all selected by the Governor of Rhode Island from candidates vetted by the Judicial No ...
. The house was purchased in 1939 by the Varnum Continentals, and has since served as a museum. The house was listed on 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 1971.


See also

*
National Register of Historic Places listings in Kent County, Rhode Island __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Kent County, Rhode Island. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Kent County, Rhode ...


References


External links


Varnum House Museum
*


Images

File:Varnum House 1887.jpg, Varnum House in 1887 File:Varnum Hosue Museum.jpg, Varnum House in 2018 Houses completed in 1773 Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island Historic house museums in Rhode Island Museums in Kent County, Rhode Island Buildings and structures in East Greenwich, Rhode Island Historic American Buildings Survey in Rhode Island Houses in Kent County, Rhode Island National Register of Historic Places in Kent County, Rhode Island Historic district contributing properties in Rhode Island {{RhodeIsland-museum-stub