Beriah Brown House
Beriah Brown was born in Rowley Massachusetts in 1648. At the age of thirty five he married the daughter of Abigail and Alexander Phenix of the Quidnesset section of North Kingstown. They settled nearby and built a home on South County Trail (at the intersection of Route 102 and Route 2). The early eighteenth century house (c1710) was a two-story, five-bay plan building with a gambrel roof and a large center chimney.
In 1972, the house was dismantled by Baker Restorations and later restored by the Newport Restoration Foundation.
Dismantling Beriah Brown House, June 1972
Known as the Beriah Manor, the house existed on the South County Trail (Rt. 102) in North Kingstown, RI for nearly 275 years until it was dismantled by Baker Restorations in 1972. It's original site is now the site of the present day Narragansett Electric Complex
The Newport Restoration Foundation (NRF) acquired the house and then rebuilt and restored it at its current site on Mill Street in 1975-76.
Below are photographs of the Beriah Brown House Before and During Dismantling. For more images, visit: https://docs.rwu.edu/baker_beriah_brown_house/
Anne Baker Labelling a Door at Beriah Brown House before dismantling.
Anne Baker Labelling a Door at Beriah Brown House before dismantling.
Beriah Brown House exterior prior to dismantling
Beriah Brown House exterior prior to dismantling
Ell prior to dismantling
Ell prior to dismantling
Beriah Brown South Stairway
Beriah Brown South Stairway
Southwest View of Second Floor
Southwest View of Second Floor
Beriah Brown Attic Firebox
Beriah Brown Attic Firebox
Beehive Oven, Southwest Room of Beriah Brown House
Beehive Oven, Southwest Room of Beriah Brown House
Firebox in the North Room of Beriah Brown House
Firebox in the North Room of Beriah Brown House
Beriah Brown House Sheathing, South View
Beriah Brown House Sheathing, South View
Exterior Sheathing and Frame from the Northwest
Exterior Sheathing and Frame from the Northwest
Beriah Brown House Frame being Dismantled
Beriah Brown House Frame being Dismantled
South View of Beriah Brown House Frame
South View of Beriah Brown House Frame
Double Posts seen from the South View of Beriah Brown House
Double Posts seen from the South View of Beriah Brown House
North View of Beriah Brown House Frame
North View of Beriah Brown House Frame
Firebox from Southwest Room of Beriah Brown House
Firebox from Southwest Room of Beriah Brown House
Beriah Brown House: Anne Baker's Journal
Anne Baker’s handwritten journal of the Beriah Brown House provides an architectural history and survey of the house as it was in 1972. Baker describes the interior rooms and features of the house as well as the condition of the walls, summer beam, joists, girts, posts, framing and windows. Upon completion of the survey, a decision was made to dismantle the house in order to preserve it on a permanent location. Baker’s journal offers a daily account of the dismantling process in June 1972.
Link to Baker's original handwritten journal of The Dismantling of the Beriah Brown House or view Typescript Version of the Original Manuscript.
View Anne Baker's entire Sketchbook of Beriah Brown House at https://docs.rwu.edu/baker_documentation/113/
View Baker's Floor Plan Drawings and Plans for Beriah Brown House at
https://docs.rwu.edu/baker_beriah_brown_house/
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