The Arad Wood House is an historic house in Cranston, Rhode Island. The 2+12-story wood-frame house was built c. 1858 for N. Thornton, and is one Cranston's finest Italianate houses. Although it was built as a farmhouse, it was acquired in the 1890s by Arad Wood, one of Cranston's wealthiest businessmen, who operated a gentleman's farm of several hundred acres. The house was also later the first home of the Cranston chapter of the American Red Cross.[2]

Arad Wood House
Arad Wood House is located in Rhode Island
Arad Wood House
Arad Wood House is located in the United States
Arad Wood House
Location407 Pontiac Avenue,
Cranston, Rhode Island
Coordinates41°46′30″N 71°26′18″W / 41.77500°N 71.43833°W / 41.77500; -71.43833
Built1858
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No.88001125 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 3, 1988

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Arad Wood House" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-08-02.