Sheldon House

	Sheldon House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	458 Scituate Road,; Cranston, Rhode Island
Coordinates	41°46′47″N71°29′33″W / 41.77972°N 71.49250°W
Built	1728
Architectural style	Colonial
NRHP reference No.	88001123
Added to NRHP	January 5, 1989

Last updated July 21, 2025

The Sheldon House is a historic house located in Cranston, Rhode Island. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 5, 1989.^[1]

Description and history

The oldest portion of the 1+1⁄2-story, gambrel-roofed Cape-style house was originally built around 1728. It was probably enlarged in 1764, when it was inherited by Nicholas Sheldon III; the northern half of the house exhibits more sophisticated Georgian detailing than the southern half. The Sheldons were major landowners in Cranston, and built a number of surviving 18th-century houses in the area; this one is the oldest of those.^[2]

References

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

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[nris-1] 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. January 23, 2007.

[NRHP-2] "NRHP nomination for Sheldon House" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved August 2, 2014.

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Sheldon House

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Description and history

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Sheldon House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


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Location	458 Scituate Road, Cranston, Rhode Island
Coordinates	41°46′47″N71°29′33″W / 41.77972°N 71.49250°W / 41.77972; -71.49250
Built	1728
Architectural style	Colonial
NRHP reference No.	88001123 ^[1]
Added to NRHP	January 5, 1989