Wanton-Lyman-Hazard House
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Wanton–Lyman–Hazard House
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Front elevation and side profile of house, 2008
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| Location | 17 Broadway, Newport, Rhode Island |
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| Coordinates | 41°29′27″N 71°18′48″W / 41.49083°N 71.31333°WCoordinates: 41°29′27″N 71°18′48″W / 41.49083°N 71.31333°W |
| Built | ca. 1697 |
| Architect | Stephen Mumford |
| Architectural style | Colonial, Georgian, other |
| Part of | Newport Historic District (#68000001) |
| NRHP Reference # | 66000016 |
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| Added to NRHP | October 15, 1966 |
| Designated NHL | October 9, 1960 |
| Designated NHLDCP | November 24, 1968 |
The Wanton–Lyman–Hazard House is the oldest surviving house in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. Built ca. 1697, it is also one of the oldest surviving houses in the state. It is located at the corner of Broadway and Stone Street, in the downtown section of the city in the Newport Historic District.
The house "was damaged by Stamp Act riots in 1765 when occupied by a Tory Stampmaster."
The house has passed through several owners since its construction, and has been renovated and improved by some of them. The three for whom it is named were not the first, but they were members of a family, related by marriage that owned it for over a century, from shortly before the Revolution to 1911. Since the 1920s it has been owned by the Newport Historical Society (NHS), which renovated it and converted it to a historic house museum. In 1960 it was among the first National Historic Landmarks designated by the Department of the Interior.
Today the house is a five-bay wooden clapboard structure with a high peaked roof that slopes down in the rear and plaster cornice. It is painted a historic shade of dark red, except for a white door and entryway with pilasters and a small pediment.
Stephen Mumford, a Sabbatarian and merchant, built the house in the late 17th century as a simple two-story structure with one room on either side of a central chimney. His son sold it to Richard Ward, a lawyer and governor of Rhode Island, in the early 18th century. Sometime before 1725, a lean-to-styled kitchen was built on the north side of the house.
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