Linden Place

Point Of Interest

Contact

500 Hope Street, Bristol, Rhode Island

(401) 253-0390

lindenplace.org

Description

Linden Place mansion is a Federal-style mansion built in 1810 by slave trader, merchant, privateer and ship owner General George DeWolf and was designed by architect, Russell Warren. The mansion now operates as a historic house museum that reflects the prosperity of the DeWolf slave trading merchant princes and the exquisite Adamesque Federal taste inspired by the architecture of ancient Greece and Rome. Go on a tour and learn about the tales of the DeWolf family exploits, from their privateering and slave trading to their financial ruin and triumphant return to prosperity during Victorian times.

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Location

Lat: 41.671075 Lng: -71.276293