For Sale
$ 1,500,000
1837 Greek Revival
957 Saugatucket Road
South Kingstown, Rhode Island 02879
South Kingstown, Rhode Island 02879
The William C. Watson House
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Topography varies. To the north and east are wet lands, with a stream at the far northeast.
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| 3 Stories | |
| Bedrooms | 4 |
| Full Baths | 3 |
| Half Baths | 1 |
| Heated Sq. Ft. | 3,000 |
| Acres | 15 |
| Zoning | R30 |
| 30k min lot size | |
| MLS No. | 1395211 |
Features.
- Has Rentable Unit(s)
- Commercial Use Permitted
- 1st floor laundry room
- Basement
- Dining room
- Entry Hall
- Kitchen
- Library
- Living room
- Sunroom
- Unfinished basement
- Master bedroom upstairs
- 2 Car Garage
- Barn
- Circular driveway
- Driveway - Dirt
- Garden
- Pond
- Garage Workshop
- 2nd Staircase
- Built-in Bookcases
- Ceramic Tile
- Grand staircase
- High Ceilings
- Original wood windows
- Asphalt shingle Roof
- Wood floors
- Shingle Roof: Asphalt shingle
- Oil Heating
- Septic Tank
- Arched doorways
- Cast Iron Radiators
- Claw-foot Tub(s)
- Hand-hewn Beams
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Brent Runyon
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brunyon@residentialproperties.com
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History
The William Cole and Ann Elizabeth (Arnold) Watson House was built in the first year of their marriage, around 1837, on land owned by his father. It appears to have been added onto a pre-1815 farm house that forms the kitchen wing. In 1847, William inherited a large amount of land and this house, though he and Ann primarily lived in the village of Kingston, using the farm as their summer residence until 1860. William 'never embarked in trade, but devoted his life to agricultural pursuits, improving and beautifying his homestead farm.'Besides being a most excellent practical farmer no man in our State who had not made it his profession better understood everything relating to the culture and growth of trees and shrubs.' Notable for its lush landscape, the Watson farm was known as Forest Hill for several generations. Its dairy supplied milk and cheese to Narragansett hotels and area homes.
Though primarily a Greek Revival dwelling, William H. Jordy, writing for the Society of Architectural Historians, described the house in this way. 'The forceful presence of this Greek Revival house depends on the reinforcement of its contained cubic quality by a hipped roof rising to a full monitor from which jut flanking chimneys. Plain corner piers, cornices, and a Doric entrance porch emphasize the severity.
'By way of playful contrast, the ornamentation of the Gothic Revival porch added to one side of the house subtly rounds the customary angularity of the roof bracing with complementary handle-like, semicircular elements halfway up the post supports. A pretty Gothic Revival wellhead near the rear kitchen ell must date from the same time.'
https://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/RI-01-SK18
Inspections
The property has two septic tanks, one for the main house and one for the garage apartment. There is a single well that serves the property.The following inspection reports are available for review: home pre-inspection, septic, electrical.
There does not appear to be any knob-and-tube wiring in the house.
Most of the asbestos has been removed from the heating pipes, but remains on the boiler itself.
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