John Brown House Museum - Providence Museum

  • Address: 52 Power Street, Providence, RI 02906
  • Phone: +1 401 331 8575
  • Website:www.rihs.org
Average Rating
2.5
 3+ reviews
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4.0
 2+ reviews
Frommers
0.0
 1+ reviews

Estimated Price: From $4

John Brown House Museum
52 Power Street
Providence, RI 02906

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Descriptions from Across the Web

  • A 1786 Georgian-style mansion filled with John Brown's favorite objects and art received from his famous China trade. more on TripAdvisor
  • Quite unlike the fiery 19th-century abolitionist of the same name, this John Brown was an 18th-century slave trader who amassed a fortune in the China trade. He contributed much of that fortune to the university that bears the family name. The style of his 1786 mansion is Georgian, although after... more on Frommers
  • Yankee Magazine's Editor's Pick for 3 consecutive years - Home of John Brown, Providence's principal merchant of the 18th century - Palatial 3 story brownstone & brick mansion built in 1786 - Tue.-Sat. 10 am-5 pm; Sun. noon-4 pm ~ call for Mon. hours - "The most magnificent ... more on entertainment.com
  • The John Brown House was considered by John Quincy Adams to be the most magnificent and elegant private mansion he had ever seen on this continent. The 1786-built Georgian-style design housed one of Providence's most well-known traders and the first to do business with China. John Brown, whose ... more on Weather.com
  • The four Brown brothers—John, Joseph, Moses, and Nicholas—were prominent Providence merchants who made a fortune trading with the West Indies, Europe, and, later, China. This three-story Georgian mansion, designed for John by his brother Joseph in 1786, has elaborate woodwork and is f... more on Fodor's

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3.0
Erin C. 's review

An eighteenth-century mansion that was home to Providence businessman, trader, slave owner, and all-around bigshot John Brown. Worth seeing for the ... a user of yelp.com. Read full review on Yelp

5.0
Crabby B. 's review

I had some friends come to visit from out of town and was looking for something to do with them that was out of the ordinary. We went on the tour of ... a user of yelp.com. Read full review on Yelp

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