Forge Farm

United States historic place

Significant dates

Forge Farm
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property


41°38′19″N 71°27′6″W / 41.63861°N 71.45167°W / 41.63861; -71.45167
Area	179 acres (72 ha)
Built	1684
Architectural style	Mid 19th Century Revival, Late Victorian
Part of	Forge Road Historic District (ID84001861)
NRHP reference No.	74000037^[1]
Added to NRHP	January 11, 1974
Designated CP	February 23, 1984

Forge Farm is an historic farm in Warwick, Rhode Island. Established in the mid-17th century by the Greene family, it is one of the oldest farms in Rhode Island. It was the birthplace of General Nathanael Greene, a prominent American general in the American Revolutionary War. The core of the main house was built in 1684 by James Greene, son of John Greene, who purchased the land from local Native Americans. It has been extended and altered numerous times in the 18th and 19th centuries. Nathanael Greene was born in this house in 1742, and the farm was owned for many years by Nathanael's brother Christopher, and wife, Deborah (Ward) Greene, daughter of Continental Congress member Samuel Ward.^[2]^[3]

The farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.^[1]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
^ "NRHP nomination for Forge Farm" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
^ "The Greenes of Rhode Island, with historical records of English ancestry, 1534-1902". New York [The Knickerbocker press]. 1903.
^ Fuller, Oliver Payson "The History of Warwick, Rhode Island"