Governor Henry Lippitt House Museum - Providence Museum

  • Address: 199 Hope St, Providence, RI 02906-2105
  • Phone: +1 401 453 0688
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  • Website:www.preserveri.org
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Governor Henry Lippitt House Museum
199 Hope St
Providence, RI 02906-2105

Governor Henry Lippitt House Museum Details

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  • This very handsome and elegant Victorian mansion is a National Historic Landmark. There is beautifully maintained carved woodwork to see inside, along with colorful stenciling and finishes. People like to hold wedding receptions and other special events in the highly styled, grand and yet intimat... more on Yahoo! Travel
  • The Governor Henry Lippitt House is the finest nineteenth-century house open to the public in Providence more on MuseumStuff.com
  • This house is as magnificently true to its grandiose Victorian era as any residence on the Continent. Meticulously detailed stenciling, expanses of stained glass, and inlaid floors make this mansion one ... more on Frommers
  • The two-term Rhode Island governor made his fortune selling textiles to both armies during the Civil War, and he spared no expense in building his home, an immaculate Renaissance Revival mansion, in 1863. The floor of the billiard room uses nine types of inlaid wood; the ceilings are intricately ... more on Fodor's

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5.0
Beautiful Inside and Outside

(November 07, 2001 00:00)

The exquisite decor and setting of this mansion make it a relic of the past not to miss. The furnishings and woodwork are details to admire. The intimate grounds ... A Yahoo! User, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Read full review on Yahoo! Travel

Frommer's | Frommer's Review

This house is as magnificently true to its grandiose Victorian era as any residence on the Continent. Meticulously detailed stenciling, expanses of stained glass, ... frommers.com, a user of frommers.com. Read full review on OpenList.com

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all seeing E. 's review

What a beautiful old home. A very elegant high Victorian manison with interesting docents giving tours of one of the early RI Govenor's homes. This ... a user of yelp.com. Read full review on Yelp

4.0
A Must See While Your on The East Side

If you can arrange it, schedule a tour. The house is very well preserved and loaded with detail. The woodwork is exceptional. The gardens have also been preserved. ... A Yahoo! User, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Read full review on Yahoo! Travel

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