Clemence--Irons House - Johnston RI
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N 41° 50.461 W 071° 29.089
19T E 293694 N 4635109
The Clemence-Irons house is an very good example of a stone ender house and is maintained as a museum.
Waymark Code: WME5DV
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Date Posted: 04/06/2012
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Indication the house was probably built around 1680, however the chimney appears to dae before 1650. The house is a 1 1/2 story stone ender. It has been carefully restored The house is capped by a steep gabled roof.
Unlike most houses of the 17th century in Providence, the exterior wlls are studded, closed by vertical boarding and covered with narrow, weathered clapboards. The casement windows are small and glazed with diamond-shaped panes of leaded glass. These were installed in the course of the restoration. The front door made of 3 planks bound together by knob-headed nails.
The Clemence-Irons house is one of th earliest dwelling still preserved in the sate. It is an very good example of a stone ender house and is maintained as a museum.
Thomas Clemence, a friend of Rogers Williams, officially bought the property on Jan 9, 1654, from an Indian, Wissowyamake. He served in various political and civic positions between 1650 and 1671.
Clemence was one of 27 men who stayed to defend the town during King Philip's War in 1676. It is thought the house may have been burned to the ground and later rebuilt, using the existing chimney.
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