Governor Peleg Sanford House

Governor Peleg Sanford House is one of the oldest houses in Rhode Island, possibly dating to the 1640s and certainly before the death of Peleg Sanford in 1701.

[1][2] The building is located at 2-6 Broadway in Newport, Rhode Island, and "Newport's most important surviving seventeenth-century buildings are found in the West Broadway Neighborhood.

"[3] Local historians claim: "the original part of the building was the home of Peleg Sanford, Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island between 1680 and 1683.

By 1827, the building had been modified to include a storefront, reflecting Broadway's change from a residential to a commercial area.

The building was enlarged again in 1845, and a mix of Greek Revival and Colonial elements were added.