- Esek Hopkins House
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name = Esek Hopkins House
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location = Providence, RI
lat_degrees = 41
lat_minutes = 50
lat_seconds = 29
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 71
long_minutes = 25
long_seconds = 15
long_direction = W
locmapin = Rhode Island
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built =1756
architect= Unknown
architecture= No Style Listed
added =May 22 ,1973
governing_body = Local
refnum=73000071cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]Esek Hopkins House is an historic home on 97 Admiral Street (just off
Route 146 ) inProvidence, Rhode Island . The house was the home ofEsek Hopkins , the first commander-in-chief of the American Navy during theAmerican Revolution .The house was built in 1754 and transferred to the City of Providence in 1906.
References and external links
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=9F0BAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA18&lpg=PA18&dq=esek+hopkins+house&source=web&ots=RNeIea59aY&sig=zCXX37sMelOtkCfi-TkB2D8kDcE&hl=en "Old Providence: A Collection of Facts and Traditions relating to Various Buildings and Sites of Historic Interest in Providence" (Merchants National Bank of Providence, 1918)]
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