Mount Hope Farm
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Mount Hope Farm is an historic estate on Metacom Avenue in Bristol, Rhode Island
, USA.
The farm is located near the Mount Hope Bridge
in Bristol, Rhode Island
, and the grounds have been farmed since the 1680s. The farm house, built around 1745, was owned by Governor William Bradford, and the farms has over 200 acres (80.9 ha) of land with many historic buildings. Numerous Wampanoag artifacts have been found on the grounds and many are displayed in the nearby Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology
.
The farm was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1977 as building #77000023.
Bristol, Rhode Island
Bristol is a town in and the historic county seat of Bristol County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 22,954 at the 2010 census. Bristol, a deepwater seaport, is named after Bristol, England....
, USA.
The farm is located near the Mount Hope Bridge
Mount Hope Bridge
The Mount Hope Bridge is a two-lane suspension bridge spanning the Mount Hope Bay in eastern Rhode Island, at one of the narrowest gaps in Narragansett Bay. The bridge connects the Rhode Island towns of Portsmouth and Bristol, and is part of Route 114...
in Bristol, Rhode Island
Bristol, Rhode Island
Bristol is a town in and the historic county seat of Bristol County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 22,954 at the 2010 census. Bristol, a deepwater seaport, is named after Bristol, England....
, and the grounds have been farmed since the 1680s. The farm house, built around 1745, was owned by Governor William Bradford, and the farms has over 200 acres (80.9 ha) of land with many historic buildings. Numerous Wampanoag artifacts have been found on the grounds and many are displayed in the nearby Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology
Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology
The Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology is Brown University's anthropology museum. The museum has a gallery in Manning Hall on the university campus in Providence, Rhode Island. Its Collections Research Center is located in Bristol, RI .-History:...
.
The farm was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1977 as building #77000023.