West-Hathaway House   -   circa 1800

     The West–Hathaway House is a two-and-a-half story, gable-roofed house with two end chimneys, an early chimney addition to the rear, and very nice rural Federal details on the front façade.

      The West-Hathaway House originally stood in Tiverton, Rhode Island – a community across the Sakonnet River from Aquidneck Island (on which Newport is located).  The house was given to NRF in 1977 and came to the Foundation with an amazing 95% interior fabric in place.  Sadly, very little of its Tiverton history has found its way to the NRF archives.

     The house was disassembled in Tiverton by NRF in 1977 and reassembled and restored on Mill Street during 1977-78.  The loss to Tiverton made way for new houses, while the reassembly in Newport replaced a small parking lot and a one-story cinder block, bunker-like building.  This added to the streetscape around Trinity Church and the larger development of Queen Anne Square – a project undertaken by NRF with the approval of the City of Newport and the Newport Redevelopment Agency.