George Douglas House Explained

George Douglas House should not be confused with George Douglass House.

George Douglas House
Location:North Kingstown, Rhode Island
Coordinates:41.5217°N -71.4628°W
Built:1738
Added:October 10, 1975
Refnum:75000006

The George Douglas House is an historic house at Tower Hill and Gilbert Stuart Roads in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. Its oldest section dated to the 1730s, it is one of a small number of surviving colonial-era stone ender houses in the state. This original block is three bays wide and two stories high, with a massive fieldstone chimney at its north end. Its exterior ornamentation is minimal, limited to pilasters on either side of the main entrance, and a triangular pediment above. A small kitchen ell was added to the north side (next to the chimney, which remains exposed), probably early in the 19th century, and a bedroom further extended this ell in the 1940s.[1]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NRHP nomination for George Douglas House. Rhode Island Preservation. 2014-11-09.