Clingstone
| island, interesting place, 1905_construction
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Rhode Island /
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World / United States / Rhode Island
house, island, interesting place, 1905_construction
Clingstone - Private residence known to locals as "The House on a Rock."
The 10,000 sqft home was built in 1905 by Joseph Lovering Wharton after the government seized his land in nearby Jamestown to construct Fort Wetherill.
The current owner, a distant relative of Wharton, purchased the house in 1961 after it had sat empty and vandalized for nearly 20 year.
The home today is green, using wind power to provide electricty, solar power to heat it's water and also includes composting toilets.
The 10,000 sqft home was built in 1905 by Joseph Lovering Wharton after the government seized his land in nearby Jamestown to construct Fort Wetherill.
The current owner, a distant relative of Wharton, purchased the house in 1961 after it had sat empty and vandalized for nearly 20 year.
The home today is green, using wind power to provide electricty, solar power to heat it's water and also includes composting toilets.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clingstone
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 41°28'55"N 71°21'11"W
- Fort Wetherill State Park 0.9 km
- Fort Adams State Park 1.3 km
- Fort Adams Naval Housing 1.4 km
- Goat Island 2.3 km
- Shoreby Hill Historic District 2.4 km
- Newport (Claiborne Pell) Bridge 2.7 km
- Jamestown Golf Course, 9-holes 2.9 km
- Coaster's Harbor Island - US Naval War College 3.7 km
- Naval Station Newport 5.1 km
- Newport County, Rhode Island 12 km