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A reddish‑brown historic wooden house with tall narrow windows and an American flag at the entrance stands behind a matching rod iron fence. — Visit Rhode Island

Historic Site

Governor Stephen Hopkins House

Rhode Island

15 Hopkins Street Providence, RI 02903

Providence, RI

The Stephen Hopkins House

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Built in 1707, this house belonged to Stephen Hopkins, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, the first Chancellor of Brown University, and Governor of Rhode Island. George Washington visited in 1776 while on his way to Boston, though Hopkins was away at the time.

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Historic Site

A reddish‑brown historic wooden house with tall narrow windows and an American flag at the entrance stands behind a matching rod iron fence.

Governor Stephen Hopkins House

Providence, RI 02903

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Governor Stephen Hopkins House

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Museum

A large brick building with white trim and classical details stands behind a tall white fence, framed by autumn trees under a partly cloudy sky.

John Brown House Museum, Providence, RI

Providence, RI 02906

0.34684823865682

John Brown House Museum, Providence, RI

Historic Site

A three‑story brick brownstone building with symmetrical windows and a central stone‑framed entrance stands behind a black streetlamp.

Old State House, Providence, RI

Providence, RI 02903

0.47161355514302

Old State House, Providence, RI

Historic Site

Bronze marker on boulder to commemorate spot of the burning of the Gaspee

Gaspee Monument

Warwick, RI 02888

6.9927002623351

Gaspee Monument

Historic Site

Red gambrel-roof farmhouse built in 1754 with center fireplace

Joy Homestead, Cranston, RI

Cranston, RI 02921

8.1279985816056

Joy Homestead, Cranston, RI

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Museum

A small fortress like brick building sits on a street corner, with arched wooden doors, battlements, and a nearby cannon.

Varnum Armory Museum

East Greenwich, RI 02818

18.271080221733

Varnum Armory Museum

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Colonial Home of General James Mitchell Varnum

James Mitchell Varnum House, East Greenwich

East Greenwich, RI 02818

18.489168972643

James Mitchell Varnum House, East Greenwich, RI

Historic Site

A historic yellow civic building stands behind a flagpole flying the American flag.

Site of the First Colonial Navy

East Greenwich, RI 02818

18.489587243858

Site of the First Colonial Navy

Historic Site

Colonial era 2-story manor house with 9 windows trimmed in white, with 2 chimneys and a red cannon in the front yard.

The Major General Nathanael Greene Homestead

Coventry, RI 02816

18.496841681551

The Major General Nathanael Greene Homestead

Historic Site

A small white historic building with four columns and green shutters stands at a roadside; the sign above the door reads “Kentish Guards 1774.”

Kentish Guards Armory and Drill Field

East Greenwich, RI 02818

18.603154674685

Kentish Guards Armory and Drill Field

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Marker

General Lafayette Marker, Bristol, Rhode

Bristol, RI 02809

19.988888931733

General Lafayette Marker, Bristol, Rhode Island (RI-3)

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Fort/Outpost

A sunlit grassy field stretches toward a dense line of leafy trees, with long shadows cast across the ground.

Butts Hill Fort

Portsmouth, RI 02871

26.669772290867

Butts Hill Fort

Historic Site

General Lafayette Marker, Tiverton, Rhode

Tiverton, RI 02878

27.67617925284

General Lafayette Marker, Tiverton, Rhode Island (RI-8)

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Fort/Outpost

Fort Barton in Tiverton, Rhode Island

02878

27.707784900966

Historic Site

Granite monument to 1st Rhode Island African American Regiment

1st Rhode Island Regiment

Portsmouth, RI 02871

27.710620969575

1st Rhode Island Regiment

Historic Site

Tombstones in the Friends Meeting House Cemetery, Portsmouth, RI1

Friends Meeting House, Portsmouth, RI

Portsmouth, RI 02871

28.91599315458

Friends Meeting House, Portsmouth, RI

Historic Site

A rectangular historical marker to British General Prescott mounted on a red wooden wall.

Prescott's Headquarters, Middletown, RI

Middletown, RI 02842

31.748057825207

Prescott's Headquarters, Middletown, RI