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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology

 

 

Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology & the Ancient World
Brown University
Box 1837 / 60 George Street
Providence, RI 02912
Telephone: (401) 863-3188
Fax: (401) 863-9423
[email protected]

The Stephen Hopkins House:

Registered as a National Historic Landmark in 1972 the Stephen Hopkins House is currently located at the southwest corner of Benefit and Hopkins Street in Providence, RI. In 1743 the house was erected and first inhabited by Stephen Hopkins on the northeast corner of South Main, formerly Towne Street, and Hopkins Street, formerly Bank Lane. Stephen Hopkins expanded his home with a three-story wing (left of figure 1) and later added a garden. In 1809 the house was moved half way up the north side Hopkins Street, and then again in 1928 to its present location, “where it was restored by Norman M. Isham” (Cady, 30). The interior has also been restored and is exhibited with a recreated arrangement of its furnishings, open to the public between May and October.

Hopkins Street:

Henry R. Chace’s map of Providence depicts that in 1798 Hopkins Street was still named Bank Lane (Chase, III). The street had to have been renamed after Hopkins death, commemorating his life on this street.

Uploaded Image (figure 1: The Stephen Hopkins House. http://freepages.college-alumni.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~blauss.html)