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Listing No. 6566

1823 Cape Cod
Foster, RI

Front view

Dining/Keeping Room

Bedroom

Kitchen

Historic 1823 Daniel Potter House

A broad 5 bay façade Cape with post and beam construction, this 3-bed, 2-bath house sits on 19 acres which includes an adjacent 5-acre lot. Typical of the Federal style in Foster, with larger rooms & stairhall, as well as higher ceilings than earlier Capes.

There is wide board wainscoting in the keeping room. Some of the original details are doors with thumb latches, wideboard floors in upstairs bedrooms, hand-hewn roofbeam with wooden pegs, and lathe and plaster walls.

The kitchen was remodeled in 1999 with custom cherry cabinets and birch floor. There is a 10x32 screened porch off the kitchen.

Bedrooms: 3
Full Bath(s): 2
Heated Sq. Ft.: 1,800
Stories: 2

Acres: 19.000

Features.

  • Basement
  • Casement windows
  • Driveway - Dirt
  • Fresh paint
  • Garden
  • Porch
  • Storage Building
  • Built-in Bookcases
  • Built-in Cabinets
  • Fireplaces
  • Dishwasher
  • Oil Heating
  • Range
  • Refrigerator
  • Septic Tank

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