Spink Farm

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Spink Farm
LocationNorth Kingstown, Rhode Island
Area55 acres (22 ha)
Built1798
ArchitectIsaac Spink
MPSNorth Kingstown MRA
NRHP reference No.85001650 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 19, 1985

The Spink Farm is a historic farm at 1325 Shermantown Road in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. The only surviving element of the farmstead on this 55-acre (22 ha) farm is the main house, a 2+12-story five-bay wood-frame structure built in 1798 by Isaac Spink. The house exhibits modest Federal styling, its doorway flanked by small sidelight windows and simple pilasters, and topped by a shallow hood. The interior follows a typical center-chimney plan, with its original Federal period fireplace mantels intact. The house has been extended to the rear by a kitchen ell and porch, both added in the 20th century. The house is one of a small number of 18th-century farmsteads left in the town.[2]

The farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ "Historic Resources of North Kingstown (PDF pages 63-64)" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved November 11, 2014.