Cook–Bateman Farm Explained

Cook–Bateman Farm
Location:Tiverton, Rhode Island
Area:63acres
Built:1730
Added:October 11, 1979
Refnum:79003775

The Cook–Bateman Farm is a colonial-era farmstead located at the intersection of Fogland, Puncatest Neck (or Neck) and Pond Bridge Roads in Tiverton, Rhode Island. The property was initially purchased in 1700 and reached its largest size, 200acres, in the last 25 years of the 18th century. It currently encompasses 63acres of rolling farmland.

The focal point of the farmstead is the 2 1/2 story house,, the oldest portion of which dates to c.1730–48, while the north kitchen was constructed or rebuilt c.1812-20. Both are now covered by the Second Empire high mansard rook, which was added c.1870. Also on the property is a gambrel-roofed frame barn dating from the late 19th or early 20th century; a two-story hip-roofed frame structure which might be the oldest building in the farmstead, possibly a heabily-altered original farm building from c.1700; a "farmers house"; and a number of other smaller outbuildings.

The property, which has evidence of earlier Native American occupation, including arrowheads and stone tools found in the fields, was purchased by John Cook in 1700, and remained in the hands of just two families for more than 200 years, until 1977.[1]

The farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NRHP nomination for Cook–Bateman Farm. Rhode Island Preservation. 2014-09-25.