Arad Wood House

Arad Wood House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	407 Pontiac Avenue, Cranston, Rhode Island
Coordinates	41°46′30″N71°26′18″W / 41.77500°N 71.43833°W / 41.77500; -71.43833
Built	1858
Architectural style	Italianate
NRHP reference No.	88001125 [1]
Added to NRHP	August 3, 1988

The Arad Wood House is an historic house in Cranston, Rhode Island. The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built c. 1858 for N. Thornton, and is one Cranston's finest Italianate houses. Although it was built as a farmhouse, it was acquired in the 1890s by Arad Wood, one of Cranston's wealthiest businessmen, who operated a gentleman's farm of several hundred acres. The house was also later the first home of the Cranston chapter of the American Red Cross. ^[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. ^[1]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence County, Rhode Island

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
2. "NRHP nomination for Arad Wood House" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved August 2, 2014.