STEPHEN HOPKINS
1707 1785
MERCHANT AND SHIP BUILDER
TEN TIMES GOVERNOR OF RHODE ISLAND
CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT
CHANCELLOR OF BROWN UNIVERSITY
MEMBER OF THE COLONIAL CONGRESS
SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
LIVED IN THIS HOUSE 1743-1785
WASHINGTON WAS HERE A GUEST APRIL 6, 1776
THIS BUILDING ERECTED AT THE CORNER OF SOUTH MAIN ST. ABOUT 1743
WAS REMOVED TO ITS
PRESENT SITE IN 1927
GOVERNOR STEPHEN HOPKINS HOUSE
HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A
REGISTERED NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK
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