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Horace Battey–Joe Barden House

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Between 1815 and 1830. 710 Plainfield Pk. (just beyond Trimtown Rd.)

This fine country Federal house, two and onehalf stories with a large center chimney, is mostly screened from the road by a high hedge. It is intensely boxy, tautly and sparingly linear. A wooden fan over a side-lighted door mitigates the plainness a little, but is itself tensely linear. Inside (not open to the public), original painted stenciling from 1821 remains in the front hall, augmented by the former owner who is principally responsible for its restoration. An artist who specializes in the medium, she has restored and recreated stenciling in a number of old Rhode Island houses. Horace Battey, proprietor of the local general store, was also a justice of the peace. Sold to Joe W. Barden in 1867, the house remained in the Barden family until 1962.

Writing Credits

Author: 
William H. Jordy et al.
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What's Nearby

Site of Ponaganset Village (Barden's Mills, Bettyville)
Dexter Arnold House
James Aldrich–Florence Price Grant House
Community Center (Potterville District 7 Schoolhouse)
North Scituate Congregational Church

Citation

William H. Jordy et al., "Horace Battey–Joe Barden House", [Scituate, Rhode Island], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/RI-01-SC21.

Print Source

Buildings of Rhode Island, William H. Jordy, with Ronald J. Onorato and William McKenzie Woodward. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004, 273-273.

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