Lincoln, R.I ???September 2016
History and Herb Hike, September 10
AND
History and Herb Hike, October 8
Arnold House, 487 Great Road, Lincoln, R.I. ?? Walk through the beautiful, rolling trails of Lincoln and learn about its history-filled landscape from the seventeenth century to today. A professional herbalist identifies various herbs and explains their benefits in both colonial times and today. Tours begin at Arnold House and travel through Gateway Park to Chase Farm Park and back again. Includes admission to Arnold House. Free to Historic New England members $10 Lincoln residents $15 nonmembers ?? Registration is recommended. Please call 401-728-9696 or buy online (September 10) and
(October 8)???? . (Lincoln residents must call for advance registration). ??
Arnold House (1693): In 1693, Eleazer Arnold, a major landowner, built his house along Great Road, one of the earliest roads in the colonies. Two stories high, with a pilastered chimney, the home so dominated the modest dwellings of nearby farmers that it earned the title ???Eleazer???s Splendid Mansion.?????
With its massive chimney end wall, the house is a rare survivor of a once-common Rhode Island building type known as a stone-ender. The structure has sustained many alterations over the centuries. Visitors find evidence of seventeenth-century construction methods, eighteenth-century additions, nineteenth century graffiti, and the twentieth-century approach to preservation that restored the house to its present appearance. Arnold House is located at 487 Great Road.??
Arnold House is open to the public, year round, on Saturdays and Sundays.?? Guided tours are on the hour, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with the last tour at 4:00 p.m.?? Group tours are given by appointment.??
Please call 401-728-9696 for program reservations, to book a group tour, or for more information.