Joseph Slocum House

The Joseph Slocum House is an historic house on Slocum Road (about 1/4 mile south of Indian Corner Road) in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. It is a 1-1/2 story wood frame house, five bays wide, with a large central chimney. It faces south on the east side of Slocum Road. The house has been dated to the mid-18th century based on architectural evidence; its first documented owner was Joseph Slocum, in the early 19th century. The house is a rare surviving 18th-century farmhouse, a type once numerous in the town.[2]

Joseph Slocum House
This house now stands on the site; if it is the original it is much altered
LocationSlocum Rd., North Kingstown, Rhode Island
Coordinates41°31′35″N 71°31′4″W
Built1750 (1750)
ArchitectCape
MPSNorth Kingstown MRA
NRHP reference No.85001648[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 19, 1985

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

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