Watson Farm, Jamestown

Name: Watson Farm
Address: Jamestown, United States

#13 among attractions in Jamestown

Museum, Vernacular architecture

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Watson Farm in Jamestown, Rhode Island, United States, was established in 1789. Job Watson purchased a piece of the farmland, and for the next two centuries, five successive generations of the Watson family cultivated the land, changing their crops and practices as needed to adapt to the evolving market. ()

Coordinates: 41°31'14"N, 71°22'51"W

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Watson Farm – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Jamestown Windmill, Friends Meetinghouse, Hazard Farmstead, Windmill Hill Historic District.

0.5 miSE
Museum, Historical place
Jamestown Windmill, Jamestown
13 min walk • The Jamestown Windmill is a smock mill in Jamestown, Rhode Island within the Windmill Hill Historic District on North Road north of Weeden Lane. The 30-foot high windmill was built in 1787 to grind corn after the British occupational forces destroyed the previous mill around the time of the Battle of Rhode Island. It operated until 1896.
0.5 miSE
Church
Friends Meetinghouse, Jamestown
13 min walk • The Conanicut Friends Meetinghouse is a historic Quaker meeting house at the junction of North Road and Weeden Lane in Jamestown, Rhode Island.
0.5 miNW
Archaeological site
Hazard Farmstead, Conanicut Island
14 min walk • The Hazard Farmstead is a historic archaeological site in Jamestown, Rhode Island. It is the location of a major American Indian settlement whose artifacts have been dated from 2,500 BC to 1,000 AD.
0.4 miN
Neighbourhood
Windmill Hill Historic District, Conanicut Island
11 min walk • The Windmill Hill Historic District is a historic district encompassing a large rural landscape in Jamestown, Rhode Island. It is bounded on the north by Eldred Avenue, on the east by East Shore Road, on the south by Great Creek, and on the west by Narragansett Bay.

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Which popular attractions are close to Watson Farm?

Nearby attractions include Windmill Hill Historic District, Conanicut Island (11 min walk), Jamestown Windmill, Jamestown (13 min walk), Friends Meetinghouse, Jamestown (13 min walk), Hazard Farmstead, Conanicut Island (14 min walk).