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Kingston Hill Farm

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Kingston Hill Farm
Location549 Old North Road,
South Kingstown, Rhode Island
Area20 acres (8.1 ha)
Built1810
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Early Republic
NRHP reference No.93000343 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 7, 1993

The Kingston Hill Farm, also known as the Potter-Peckham Farm, is a historic farm in South Kingstown, Rhode Island. The 20-acre (8.1 ha) farm is centered on a building complex with a c. 1810 1+12-story wood frame farmhouse, which follows a typical plan of five bays with a central chimney. Behind the house are a seed barn and wagon shed, both dating to the early 20th century. A family cemetery with 18th-century graves is located near the southern boundary of the property. The farm was first established by William Potter in the 1730s; by the early 18th century it came into the hands of Elisha Reynolds Potter, who operated it as a tenant farm. Potter tore down the original farmhouse and built the now-surviving smaller house.[2]

The farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Kingston Hill Farm" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved September 26, 2014.