Paine House (Coventry, Rhode Island)

	Paine House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Coventry, Rhode Island
Coordinates	41°41′29″N 71°33′54″W / 41.69139°N 71.56500°W
Built	1748
NRHP reference No.	74000039
Added to NRHP	May 1, 1974

The Paine House Museum is an historic house at 7 Station Street in the village of Washington in the town Coventry, Rhode Island. The oldest portion of this large 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house may have been built as early as 1691 by Samuel Bennett, who was known to operate a sawmill on the nearby Pawtuxet River. The house was significantly enlarged c. 1748 by Francis Brayton. His son, Francis Jr., was granted a license to operate a tavern on the premises in 1785. The property was acquired by the Paine family in 1866, whose descendants gave it to the Western Rhode Island Civic Historical Society in 1953.^[2]^[3]

The house has been furnished to reflect the Colonial era, and is now operated by the society as a historic house museum. Visitation is from May through September on Saturdays.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
^ "NRHP nomination for Paine House" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-07-30.
^ "The Paine House Museum". Western Rhode Island Civic Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-07-30.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.

[NRHP-2] "NRHP nomination for Paine House" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-07-30.

[histsoc-3] "The Paine House Museum". Western Rhode Island Civic Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-07-30.

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