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Date
4-1-1979
Description
Poppasquash Point in Bristol, RI is home to the English-inspired, Tudor-revival, country estate Point Pleasant and Point Pleasant Farm. The estate is of particular significance to the history of Bristol because the families of Brown, Herreshoff and Rockwell spent time there. The Herreshoff family owned much of the land on Poppasquash Point. John Brown Herreshoff was a Bristol boat builder who began a business partnership with his brother Nathanael Greene Herreshoff in 1878.
Building Type
Mansion
Subject Headings
Narragansett Bay (RI); Aerial views -- Poppasquash Point (Bristol, RI); Waterfronts -- Rhode Island; Peninsulas -- Bristol -- Rhode Island; Architecture, Modern -- 18th Century
Country Name
United States
Region Name
Rhode Island
City Name
Bristol
Street Address
485 Poppasquash Rd
Recommended Citation
Smolski, Chester, "Bristol: Poppasquash Point and Point Pleasant (aerial)" (1979). Smolski Images. 1032.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/1032
Keywords
Bristol, inn, Bristol Harbor, estate, aerial, waterfront, farmland
Notes
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