Rhode Island's Hearthside House: The House That Love Built-- Part 1

From the Hearthside House website.

I have been writing about the HMS Guerriere's bell coming to the Hearthside House in Rhode Island back in 2012 earlier this week. It turns out that the home has quite a history as well and is connected to the War of 1812 (and even old roads).

Hearthside is an 1810 stone mansion located along The Great Road, the first byway built through the wilderness between Providence, Rhode Island, and Mendon, Massachusetts, one of the oldest thoroughfares in the United States.

It was a private residence until 1996 when the Town of Lincoln purchased it. In 2001, the Friends of Hearthside was founded.

The home is an example of 19th century federal-style architecture built of fieldstone and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

What's Love Got To Do With It? --Brock-Perry