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Joy Homestead
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Cranston, Rhode Island
Coordinates	41°46′57″N 71°28′36″W / 41.78250°N 71.47667°W / 41.78250; -71.47667
Built	1764
NRHP reference No.	71000035
Added to NRHP	February 18, 1971

The Joy Homestead, also known as the Job Joy House, is a historic house on Old Scituate Avenue in Cranston, Rhode Island. This 2+1⁄2-story gambrel-roof wood-framed house was built between 1764 and 1778. It was occupied by members of the Joy family until 1884, and was acquired by the Cranston Historical Society in 1959. It was a stopping point on the first day's march in 1781 of the French Army troops marching from Providence to Yorktown, Virginia during the American Revolutionary War.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. The Historical Society offers tours.

See also

• Nathan Westcott House, another 18th-century house next door
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence County, Rhode Island

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
2. "NRHP nomination for Joy Homestead" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
3. "Joy Homestead". Cranston Historical Society. Archived from the original on 2014-08-15. Retrieved 2014-08-01.

External links

• Cranston Historical Society

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• Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
• Houses in Cranston, Rhode Island
• Museums in Providence County, Rhode Island
• Historic house museums in Rhode Island
• National Register of Historic Places in Providence County, Rhode Island
• Providence County, Rhode Island Registered Historic Place stubs