The Joseph Slocum House is an historic house on Slocum Road (about 1/4 mile south of Indian Corner Road) in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. It is a 1+12-story wood-frame house, five bays wide, with a large central chimney. It faces south on the east side of Slocum Road. The house has been dated to the mid-18th century based on architectural evidence; its first documented owner was Joseph Slocum, in the early 19th century. The house is a rare surviving 18th-century farmhouse, a type once numerous in the town.[2]

Joseph Slocum House
This house now stands on the site; if it is the original it is much altered
Joseph Slocum House is located in Rhode Island
Joseph Slocum House
Joseph Slocum House is located in the United States
Joseph Slocum House
LocationSlocum Rd., North Kingstown, Rhode Island
Coordinates41°31′35″N 71°31′4″W / 41.52639°N 71.51778°W / 41.52639; -71.51778
Built1750 (1750)
ArchitectCape
MPSNorth Kingstown MRA
NRHP reference No.85001648[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 19, 1985

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ "Historic Resources of North Kingstown (PDF pages 65-66)" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-11-11.