Hearthside House is a historic house museum in Lincoln, Rhode Island built in 1810 for Stephen Hopkins Smith in Federal style. The house is constructed of fieldstone and has ten fireplaces. The story is that Smith built the house with winnings from the Louisiana state lottery. He was planning to use the house to woo a woman from Providence. Hearthside served as a private home to 11 different owners until 1996 when the town of Lincoln purchased it. The property is now managed by the "Friends of Hearthside", a nonprofit organization. Because the house changed so many owners, no original furnishing exists. Most of furnishing at the Hearthside has been donated or loaned so that the house can be a museum depicting several different periods.

677 Great Rd, Lincoln, RI 02865, Phone: 401-726-0597

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