-;- _____________ ____________ STATE: Fe... 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR it - July 1969 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Rhode Island COUNTY, NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Providence INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER DATE Type all entries - complete applicable sections [LTNAME " C OM,AON: Esek Hpkins House AND/OR HISTORIC: ftIEOCATION STREET AND NUMBERI 97 Admiral Street CITY OR TOWN: Providence STATE CODE COUNTY: CODE Bbode Tqlpncl Providence 007 IiT:LAsslplcATIow CATEGORY . ACCESSIBLE tn OWNERSHIP STATUS . check On. TO THE PUBLIC Yes: C DistrIct Building Public PublIc Acquisition: Occupied .-‘O Process J Restricted 0 Sit, C Structure 0 Private 0 In 0 UnoccupIed C Unrestricted C Object C Both 0 BeIng ConsIdered o Preservation wodi No 3’- - - In progress C PRESENT USE Check One or More as Appropriate C Agricultural . Q Government - j Pork 0 Transportation 0 Comments C Commercial C Industrial Private ResIdence 0 Other Specify - --I C Educational 0 Military C R..Iigious Entertainment J Museum Sclntlflc -In C C I -, z F4 OWNER OF PROPERTY OWNERS NAME: . .- . - . -I Providence . .- . .. City of 111 STREET AND NUMBER:- . ... City Hall, Dorrance Street . : CITY OR TOWN: STATE: , CODE . Rhode Island’’ 44 ., I!P COURTHOUSE. REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: ‘1 0 C Registry of Deeds, Providence City Hall z STREET AND NUMBER: -I -C Dorrance Street , . ,.. CITY OR TOWN: . - ., .,. STATE .. CODE ‘: Providence . Rhode Island 44. TITLE OF SURVEY: zIT’ -l Historic American Buildings Survey ‘11 -C DATE OF SURVEY: Federal Slots County Local 0 1956 0 0 0 z DEPOSITORY FOR SUR VEY RECORDS: . , C z *0 0 In TI Library pf Congress .. C STREET AND NUMBER; - In rI 0 Independence Avenue and 1st Street, S.E. - z CITY OR TOWN: - . STATE: r - CODE -C 0 Washington " - -, .- , District of Columbia 11 -l TTI interior ____ ___ ftDuICRIPtION1 1Imctwa’nø.H Check One fl Escellent J Good fl Fair fl Deteriorated fl Ruins D Unekpo,ed CONDITION - Checkone Ch.ckOne Altered 0 Unaltered D Moved OrIgir.aI Site DESCRIDE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL Ii known PHYSICAL APPEARANCE The Esek Hopkins House is situated on slightly over three acres of land in a rapidly deteriorating area on the northern outskirts of Providence. It faces southwest onto Admiral Street and consists of three distinct structures. The main section is a two-story gable roofed house of one room side hall plan. Adjoining is a one-and-a-half story, gambrel roofed structure, three bays wide, with modified five room plan. At the rear of the main house is a long one-tory gable roofed eU. A portion of this ell is shingled, but otherwise the house is. clapboarded and a wide * wooden watertab].e conceals much of the fieldstone foundation. There is one brick interior end chimney in the main section, two interior chimneys in the gambreled section, and one in the eli. double hung * Throughout the house the windows have twelve-over-twelve sash with old glass. These are restorations which replaced Victorian two the over two sash. The window caps have cyma recta mouldings, frames are " beaded, and the sills are thick and projecting. On the front slopes of rn the gambreled section there are two shed dormers joined by an inappropriate rn balustrade, all probably added in the latter part of the nineteenth century The present wide, projecting cornice with panelled entrance is crowned by a - . Z soffit and Greek fret design. - . Just before the house ws 9,ven to the City of Providence in 1908 it - was "restored" by the lastJehdant of Esek Hopkins. During this the restoration the Victorian features were removed from the doorway and a sash returned to twelve over twelve. Inside, except for the eli the house was papered and painted.’ In the late 1950’s the interior underwent thorough renovation. At this time new chair rails and baseboards were installed and the walls, with the exception of the southwest room, were - replastered. The rear of the house was remodeled for modern bath and 0 facilities while the second story was made into- a caretaker’s kitchen * apartment. F The architectural detail in the hall and front rooms is all light in scale and typical of Federal work of the period from 1810 to 1830. The fireplace .in the southwest parlor has a wide, plain., frieze, pilasters with’ recessed panels, axd a plain, moulded cornice which breaks outward over the pilasters. In the two parlors of the gambreled section is a matching pair of more elaborate fireplaces. On either side of the opening ‘is a half column set on a ‘high base while above there is a wide frieze bordered by recessed panels and capped by a rope moulding beneath the ,. cornice. The front hall staircase has square, baluslers and columnar newel posts, each having a mushroom cap ‘set on a rectangular block, moulded capital, and moulded base. The ‘rear eli contains a room traditionally known as the dining rooms behind that a large kitchen and finally a horizontally sheathed passage well house. Both the architectural . off of which are the storeroom and *. * . See Continuation sheet ‘ ‘ *Early accounts indicate that this is the part built in 1756, but its century. / detail is now early nineteenth . 4 ____ *1 ‘ .____ Form 10,300. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE ‘July 1969 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ode Island NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES COUNTY * ‘ INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM ‘ FOR NPS USE ONLY * ‘ ENTRY NUMBER DATE Continuation* Sheet I . Number all entries Description . , ‘ ‘ - * trim and the one-story mantel of gray marble in the dining room are typical of Early Victorian work with modified Greek Revival characteristics. The walls in this room are covered with early pictorial wallpaper, depicting a hunting scene, which warrants special study. The kitchen has a large, unaltered cooking fireplace with side oven and wood storage niche. Th this room are two doors of eighteenth century type on which are excellent early open face latches.. The house remained in the Hopkins family until 1908 when it was deeded along with the land and a very good collection of family furnishings ‘ to the City of Providence by Mrs. Frederick I. Gould, a great-great -I * granddaughter of Esek Hopkins, and her son, Mr. C. M. Gould, who stip ulated in the deed that the property be well-maintained, used for patriotic purposes, and kept as’ a park. * ,. Today the house stands isolated from the surrounding community, .-, encircled by a high chain link fence and open to visitors by appointment ‘* only. A major highway win soon pass to the east of the property while * the neighborhood is one of the poorer areas in the city. It is hoped that * public awareness of its national historical, significance will promote . --- general interest in the Esek Hopri nc House and ction to improve its environment. 4 - : 1, - - ** ‘--*.* ‘ * ‘: . ;t,- *i’,/ ‘ ‘ - / ,, I ‘/ 2 / r 2 £ /3 I _t - _/ - * - - - ‘ .‘ -.* *I ‘ ,,-,,"‘-‘ ‘. *‘ * -1 ‘ H ,H.’H’ ** , . ,. - GPO 921724 * , * * :** . M’ ____________________________________________________________ _________ STATES THE INTERIOR STATE --Form 10-S00 UNITED DEPARTMENT OF * July 1969 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Rhode Island * tC-’ COUNTY - NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY Providence - NOMINATION FORM USE ONLY * ENTRY NUMSER DATE ç Continuation Sheet 2 - Numb., all entrIes - * * Description * - * * - * * ** - * - * * 1 HSE - * - ** *- - - - -: IENTt11_______M - I I I * - I.. I ELL -I *,‘ - * ELL - - - - - - / I - * - - **- ** N : FtST ELCOK. - - I * * * * - - OI104& - - 1, * -* I OO}-f * 1OOEJ - I - InylflJ. 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