Historically used for farmland, a portion of this 53-acre (21 ha) was transformed into an expansive country estate in the 1860s by John Barstow, a Boston merchant.

It is located at the end of a narrow dirt lane, and is set overlooking the Sakonnet River.

The main house, designed by John Hubbard Sturgis and built in 1864–65, is an exuberant implementation of the Stick style with Gothic features.

[2] The estate was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

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