Capt. John Mawdsley House

Capt. John Mawdsley House

Infobox_nrhp | name =Capt. John Mawdsley House
nrhp_type =



caption = Mawdsley House in 2008
location= Newport, Rhode Island
lat_degrees = 41
lat_minutes = 29
lat_seconds = 3
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 71
long_minutes = 18
long_seconds = 44
long_direction = W
locmapin = Rhode Island
area =
built =1680
architect= Unknown
architecture= No Style Listed
added = July 02, 1983
governing_body = Private
refnum=83000180cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

The Captain John Mawdsley House is one of the oldest houses in Newport, Rhode Island.

The earliest part of the house was built prior to 1680 probably by Jireh Bull. Bull married Godsgift Arnold, daughter of Gov. Benedict Arnold. Captain John Mawdsley House lived in the house in the eighteenth century. The house is located on 228 Spring Street and was added to the National Historic Register in 1983. [http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:QXzkce1U5PEJ:www.preservation.ri.gov/pdfs_zips/news_pdfs/headlines_pdfs/dating_house.pdf+John+Mawdsley+House+newport&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=5&gl=us]

References

[http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:QXzkce1U5PEJ:www.preservation.ri.gov/pdfs_zips/news_pdfs/headlines_pdfs/dating_house.pdf+John+Mawdsley+House+newport&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=5&gl=us Dating RI's Oldest Houses from Preservation RI]


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