Joy Homestead, Cranston

Name: Joy Homestead
Address: Cranston, United States

#10 among attractions in Cranston

Museum, History museum

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The Joy Homestead, also known as the Job Joy House, is an historic house on Old Scituate Avenue in Cranston, Rhode Island. This 2+1⁄2-story gambrel-roof wood-frame house was built sometime between 1764 and 1778. It was occupied by members of the Joy family until 1884, and was acquired by the Cranston Historical Society in 1959. The house is believed to a stopping point on the first day's march in 1781 of the French Army troops en route from Providence to Yorktown during the American Revolutionary War. ()

Built: 1764 (260 years ago)Coordinates: 41°46'57"N, 71°28'36"W

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Joy Homestead – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Governor William Sprague Mansion, Knightsville Meetinghouse, Meshanticut, Knightsville.

1.2 miNE
Historical place, Museum, History museum
Governor William Sprague Mansion, Cranston
30 min walk • The Governor William Sprague Mansion is an historic mansion and museum at 1351 Cranston Street in Cranston, Rhode Island. The house was the birthplace of Governor William Sprague III and his nephew, Governor William Sprague IV.
0.4 miE
Church
Knightsville Meetinghouse, Cranston
11 min walk • The Knightsville Meetinghouse was a historic church and meeting hall building at 67 Phenix Avenue within the village of Knightsville in Cranston, Rhode Island. The meetinghouse was built in 1807 for the Benevolent Baptist Society. Town meetings were held in the building in the nineteenth century.
1.2 miS
Neighbourhood
Meshanticut, Cranston
30 min walk • Meshanticut is a neighborhood in Cranston, Rhode Island, United States. Meshanticut is a residential neighborhood on the western side of Cranston.
0.5 miE
Neighbourhood
Knightsville, Cranston
14 min walk • Knightsville is an urban neighborhood in the city of Cranston, Rhode Island.
0.4 miSW
41°46'41"N • 71°28'54"W
Joy Homestead, Cranston
11 min walk • Museum

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Nearby attractions include Joy Homestead, Cranston (11 min walk), Knightsville Meetinghouse, Cranston (11 min walk), Knightsville, Cranston (14 min walk).

Joy Homestead, Cranston

Facts and practical information

Joy Homestead – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Governor William Sprague Mansion, Cranston

Knightsville Meetinghouse, Cranston

Meshanticut, Cranston

Knightsville, Cranston