Joy Homestead

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.[2] 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.[3]

Joy Homestead
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Cranston, Rhode Island
Coordinates	41°46′57″N 71°28′36″W
Built	1764
NRHP reference No.	71000035 [1]
Added to NRHP	February 18, 1971

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1] The Historical Society offers tours.

See also

• Nathan Westcott House, another 18th-century house next door
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence County, Rhode Island

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
2. "NRHP nomination for Joy Homestead" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
3. "Joy Homestead". Cranston Historical Society. Archived from the original on 2014-08-15. Retrieved 2014-08-01.

External links

• Cranston Historical Society