Stephen Hopkins

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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