Caleb Greene House

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Caleb Greene House
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Caleb Greene House in 2012
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Location15 Centerville Road,
Warwick, Rhode Island
Coordinates 41°41′55″N71°27′39″W / 41.69861°N 71.46083°W / 41.69861; -71.46083 Coordinates: 41°41′55″N71°27′39″W / 41.69861°N 71.46083°W / 41.69861; -71.46083
Built1800
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No. 78000063 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 28, 1978

The Caleb Greene House is an historic house in Warwick, Rhode Island.

The 2+12-story wood frame Federal era house was built in 1800 by Caleb Greene, a local businessman. [2] Caleb Greene was a cousin to the American Revolutionary War General Nathanael Greene and the father to Major General George Sears Greene, the man credited with holding the right flank of the Union Army on Culp's Hill at the Battle of Gettysburg on July 2, 1863.

The house, one of the better-preserved of the period in the Apponaug area of Warwick, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Caleb Greene House" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-08-27.