Clouds Hill is a historic house museum located at 4157 Post Road in Warwick, Rhode Island. Its stand on the estate formerly known as Cedar Hill, a country estate built 1871-77 as a wedding present for Elizabeth Ives Slater Reed by her father, William S. Slater. The main mansion, designed by noted Providence architect William R. Walker, is a large Gothic Revival structure and one of his few surviving large-scale residential designs. The Slaters and Reeds, prominent industrial textile magnates in Rhode Island, adorned the property with high quality Victorian-era workmanship, including a distinctive Egyptian-themed room. The estate, occupied by four generations of Reed descendants, was converted to a museum in 2004[2] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.[1] The museum is open by appointment, or when events are scheduled.
Cedar Hill | |
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| Location | 4157 Post Road, Warwick, Rhode Island |
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| Area | 27.4 acres (11.1 ha) |
| Built | 1877 |
| Architect | William R. Walker |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 14001077[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 22, 2014 |
See also
editExternal links
edit- Official Website of Clouds Hill Victorian House Museum
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Cedar Hill" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-01-01. Retrieved 2014-12-31.