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Smith's Castle is the oldest surviving plantation house in America, built in 1678 by Richard Smith on the ancestral land of the Narragansett People. The site is a National Historic Landmark and a National Register of Historic Places, and offers tours, events and volunteer opportunities.
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Smith's Castle is a historic house museum in Rhode Island, built in 1678 on the site of a former trading post and a Narragansett village. It was the scene of a massacre, an execution, and a dairy farm, and is now a National Historic Landmark and a National Register of Historic Places site.
It is thought to have been a grand house that was, possibly, fortified: thus the name Smith's Castle. Richard Smith purchased Williams' trading post in 1651. Smith continued to increase his holdings, and Cocumscussoc soon became a center of social, political, and religious activities.
- 55 Richard Smith Dr North Kingstown, RI, 02852 United States
- smithscastle@earthlink.net
- (401) 294-3521
Smith's Castle is an historic home dating from 1678 and, after a fire, 1739. The docents there are dressed in period costumes. They are very informative about the place.
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(401) 294-3521. Website. Details. Site of 1638 trading post established by Roger Williams, Rhode Island’s founder. The structure was burned in King Phillip’s War (1675), Richard Smith rebuilt, and the land flourished as the 18th century Updyke plantation.
- 55 Richard Smith Dr, North Kingstown, 02852
- (401) 294-3521
Smith's Castle is a privately owned historic house museum in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. It offers guided tours, reenactments, and educational programs for visitors to explore four centuries of Rhode Island history.
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Smith's Castle. During the 18th century, large plantations dotted the Narragansett shoreline from Wickford south to Point Judith and west to Connecticut. Richard Smith, Jr. was one of the first of the so-called Narragansett Planters.