The Grange at Potowomut

Within the Forge Road Historic District and on the National Register of Historic Places, The Grange at Potowomut is the most historically documented private estate in Rhode Island. This property has not merely survived since the colonial era. It has accumulated meaning with every generation.

The c.1723 main residence offers 5,095 sq ft across fifteen rooms on two stories, with 6 bedrooms, 4 full and 2 half baths, and 7 fireplaces. Original stone foundation, plaster walls, wide-plank hardwood throughout, a grand wooden staircase, and a 594 sq ft wraparound open porch. The east wing was added as the schoolroom when the house served as a private school from 1848 to 1856, and seven hundred scholars passed through it. The dining room fireplace carries John Moyer Smith Four Seasons tiles, the same series held in the British Museum’s permanent collection.

The estate sits on 10.9 acres with 480 linear feet of seawall and direct access to the Greene River, running out to Narragansett Bay. The grounds include a private tennis court, Rhode Island state Champion trees, one of the last surviving American chestnut groves in New England, and a detached 3,483 sq ft ten-bay carriage house with a cupola and weathervane.

Included is a fully restored c.1825 guest cottage with 1,230 sq ft, 2 bedrooms, 2 full baths, a working fireplace, updated kitchen and baths, and central air. With more than one hundred consecutive five-star reviews, it works as guest quarters, a caretaker’s house, or income.

More than $1,000,000 in stewardship since 2020 brought every system and finish into this century with no historical feature disturbed.

Three minutes to East Greenwich Main Street, two minutes to Goddard Memorial State Park, eighteen miles to Providence.

Private showings by appointment. Full facts, floorplans, and history at 57OldForge.com.