History

The house was built in 1865 by Governor Henry Lippitt

Henry Lippitt

Henry Lippitt was the 33rd Governor of Rhode Island from 1875 to 1877.-Family:Lippitt was the son of Warren Lippitt and Eliza Lippitt, married to Mary Ann Balch. He was the father of Charles Warren Lippitt, another Rhode Island Governor, and the father of Henry F. Lippitt, a U.S...

 and was loosely based upon a design by Russell Warren

Russell Warren (architect)

Russell Warren was an American architect, best known for his Greek Revival style, and notably the design of the Weybosset Arcade, now known as the Westminster Arcade in Providence, Rhode Island.Warren was born in Tiverton, Rhode Island...

. The U.S. Department of the Interior  designated the house a National Historic Landmark in 1976. In 1981, the Lippitt family donated it to Preserve Rhode Island, which maintains the house as a Victorian period historic house museum.

See also

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

External links

• Lippitt House from Preserve Rhode Island
• Photos