Gilbert Stuart Rd., Saunderstown, Rhode Island. County/parish: Washington.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 15, 1966. NRIS 66000004.
2 contributing buildings.
The Gilbert Stuart Birthplace and Museum is located in Saunderstown, Rhode Island. Gilbert Stuart, who was born on December 3, 1755, in the colonial-era house located on the property, became a famous American portraitist of the 18th and 19th centuries. The museum consists of the 1751 house in which Stuart was born, an operational snuff mill, an operational grist mill, a mill pond, streams, a fish ladder, 23 acres of nature trails, an herb garden, and a welcome center and art gallery containing paintings by both Gilbert Stuart and his daughter Jane Stuart.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41374786