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Mount Hope Farm

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Location
  
Bristol, Rhode Island

Built
  
1745

NRHP Reference #
  
77000023

Area
  
211 acres (85 ha)

Architectural style
  
Colonial

Added to NRHP
  
May 2, 1977

Mount Hope Farm

Mount Hope Farm (also known as Gov. William Bradford House) is a historic estate on Metacom Avenue in Bristol, Rhode Island, USA.

The farm is located near the Mount Hope Bridge in Bristol, Rhode Island, and the grounds have been farmed since the 1680s. The present 211 acres (85 ha) are a remnant of a much larger property that included Mount Hope, the traditional seat of the Wampanoag people. The main house on the farm was built in several stages, the earliest portion dating to c. 1745. Its builder was Isaac Royall, Jr., a noted merchant and owner of plantations in the West Indies. It was purchased in 1783 by William Bradford, who passed the property on to his children. In 1837, it was purchased from his heirs by Samuel W. Church, a wealthy merchant from Taunton, Massachusetts who made a major addition to the house in 1840. In 1917, the property was purchased by R. F. Haffenreffer, a wealthy industrialist and collector.

The farm was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. It is now operated as a bed and breakfast inn and function facility.

References

Mount Hope Farm Wikipedia