Cajacet (c.1690) (Conanicut Island - Jamestown)

USA / Rhode Island / Jamestown / Conanicut Island - Jamestown / East Shore Road, 850
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The Thomas Paine House, also called Cajacet, at 850 East Shore Road, erected in the 1690s, is probably the sole seventeenth-century survivor. Built as a two-story house, with a large room on each story, it was enlarged and altered at least twice in the eighteenth century, and again in 1882, in 1915, and in the recent past. Today it stands in relative isolation on a nine-acre parcel of land, serving as an interesting architectural document that chronicles the many changes brought about over the years at the hand of different owners.
(In 1932, it was owned by Robert C. Vose)
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Coordinates:   41°33'32"N   71°21'44"W
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