Stephen Hopkins

Stephen Hopkins lived in this house from 1743 to 1785. He was ten times Governor of Rhode Island, Chief Justice of the Superior Court, Chancellor of Brown University, a member of the Colonial Congress, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. George Washington was a guest here on April 6, 1776. The building, erected at the corner of South Main Street about 1743, was moved to its present site in 1927. In 1972 it was designated a Registered National Historic Landmark under the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935, for its exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history of the United States.

Providence, Rhode Island · United States