Moses Greene House

Moses Greene House
Location 11 Economy Ave. Warwick, Rhode Island
Coordinates 41°42′49″N 71°22′16″W / 41.71361°N 71.37111°W / 41.71361; -71.37111Coordinates: 41°42′49″N 71°22′16″W / 41.71361°N 71.37111°W / 41.71361; -71.37111
Built 1750 (1750)
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Colonial
MPS Warwick MRA
NRHP reference # 83000169 [1]
Added to NRHP August 18, 1983

The Moses Greene House is an historic house at 11 Economy Avenue in Warwick, Rhode Island. It is a 2-1/2 story wood frame house with a large central chimney, and a rear ell. The main block was built c. 1750, and is one of Warwick's few surviving 18th-century houses. It is located on one of the first sites to be occupied by European settlers in Warwick, near one of its first sawmills.[2] In 1750, Moses Greene built his home where Buckeye Brook meets Mill Cove. The home may have served a role in the Underground Railroad—a secret cellar room is accessed by a stone wall that slides aside on iron tracks. The room may have also been used by rum smugglers [3]. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

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  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Historic Resources of Warwick, Rhode Island (PDF pages 52-53)" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-08-27.

3. http://www.buckeyebrook.org/events/BBC_Brook2Bay1.pdf

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