Joseph Stanton House, Charlestown

Name: Joseph Stanton House
Address: Charlestown, United States

#7 among attractions in Charlestown

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The Joseph Stanton House is a historic house at 5153 Old Post Road in Charlestown, Rhode Island. The main house is a 2-½ story wood-frame structure built some time before 1739 by Joseph Stanton II, and it is where his son Joseph Stanton, Jr. was born. The exterior has a relatively plain finish except for its front door surround, a 19th-century Greek Revival alteration with sidelight windows and pilasters supporting an entablature. A 1930s addition to the rear of the house provides additional space for modern restaurant facilities. The house belonged to Stanton, Jr. until 1811, one of Rhode Island's first United States Senators. He sold it to Edward Wilcox who began operating a tavern on the premises. An obelisk stands nearby memorializing Stanton. ()

Built: 1739 (285 years ago)Coordinates: 41°21'25"N, 71°42'17"W

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Joseph Stanton House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Bradford, Frosty Drew Observatory, Ninigret Pond, Fort Ninigret.

3.7 miNW
Locality
Bradford
95 min walk • Bradford is a census-designated place and historic district in the towns of Westerly and Hopkinton in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 1,406 at the 2010 census.
2.2 miE
Museum, Observatories and planetariums
Frosty Drew Observatory, Charlestown
58 min walk • Frosty Drew Observatory is an educational astronomical observatory owned and operated by the Frosty Drew Memorial Fund. It is located in the Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge in Charlestown, Rhode Island midway along the coast line between Westerly and Point Judith. It is named after Edwin "Frosty" Drew.
3.4 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Ninigret Pond, Charlestown
86 min walk • Ninigret is a coastal lagoon in Charlestown, Rhode Island, in the United States, located at 41°22′45″N 71°38′43″W. It is the largest of the nine lagoons, or "salt ponds", in southern Rhode Island.
3.4 miNE
Forts and castles
Fort Ninigret, Charlestown
86 min walk • Fort Ninigret is a historic fort and trading post site at Fort Neck Road in Charlestown, Rhode Island, built and occupied by European settlers in the seventeenth century.
1.5 miSE
National park
Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge
38 min walk • The Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge situated along the shore of Ninigret Pond. It is characterized by salt marshes, kettle ponds, freshwater wetlands, maritime shrub lands, and forests, and it is seasonally inhabited by over 250 species of birds.
4.7 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area
Ell Pond
119 min walk • Ell Pond is a kettle hole in Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island. It is surrounded by a swamp of red maple and Atlantic white cypress, and by steep granitic monadnocks. The small area contains communities of both hydrophytic and xeric plants, which makes it ideal for ecological research and education.
3.4 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area
Charlestown Breachway State Beach
87 min walk • Charlestown Breachway State Beach is a seaside public recreation area on Block Island Sound in the town of Charlestown, Rhode Island.
5.4 miW
Neighbourhood
Main Street Historic District, Westerly
138 min walk • The Main Street Historic District of Westerly, Rhode Island, encompasses a predominantly residential section of Main Street and adjoining Maple Avenue and School Street.
5.5 miN
Village
Wood River Junction
140 min walk • Wood River Junction is a small village in the town of Richmond, Rhode Island in the United States. It is home to the Chariho school district's main campus and is otherwise largely turf farms.
3.9 miNE
41°23'13"N • 71°38'25"W
Charlestown Gallery, Charlestown
100 min walk • Museum, Art gallery
4.6 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Winnapaug Pond, Westerly
117 min walk • Winnapaug Pond is a breached saltwater lagoon in Westerly, Rhode Island, United States, connected to Block Island Sound by the Weekapaug Breachway, which was constructed during the mid-1950s.