Category: News & Events

Happy 4th of July: historic perspective 🇺🇸

June 30, 2024

As we celebrate Independence Day this year, a quick flashback to July 4, 1969

This Providence Journal article featuring the historic Cole Farmhouse mentions President Washington’s visit to Cole Farm.

“The house… dates from 1731 and is rich in historical associations. George Washington is known to have visited the deputy governor of Rhode Island Darius Sessions there.”

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Happy Birthday President Washington! Thank you for staying at Cole Farm!

February 19, 2024

President Washington visited Providence, Rhode Island several times spanning from April 1776 through the presidency — see: https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/rhode-island/

A few sources document the president’s visit to Cole family at the historic Farmhouse. Here’s one:

The Cole home has been preserved in as nearly as possible the form in which
it was when early members of the Cole family entertained Washington and
Lafayette, and contains among other relics of that day the chair in which
the commander-in-chief sat.

(source: http://theusgenweb.org/rigenweb/articles/170.html)

Providence Journal published an article on July 4, 1969, titled “An Irish Aside to Fourth of July” which features Miss Dorothy Denison Dunlop, a former owner of Cole Farmhouse, . Here’s what Miss Dunlop reported.

George Washington is known to have visited the deputy governor of Rhode
Island, Darius Sessions there. Sessions married into the Cole family”

The historic Cole Farmhouse in Providence, RI
Now available at Airbnb

Providence Restaurant Week is back: January 7–20, 2024

January 5, 2024

The Ocean State’s capital city has an A-plus dining scene. Restaurant week is back to Providence for two weeks. Enjoy two weeks of dining special offers at Providence fine restaurants with special prix fixe menus for lunch and dinner.

See list of participating restaurants, along with their special menus at: https://www.goprovidence.com/rw/

A short distance from the Cole Farmhouse you’ll find two of my favorite restaurants that are participating Restaurant week: Waterman Grille , Red Stripe, and Gracie’s

You’re welcome to share photos on social media using the hashtag #PRW.

Cole Farmhouse – Providence legacy since 1731

December 12, 2023
Cole Farmhouse Vacation Rental #USA1731

In the year of seventeen hundred and thirty-one, the splendid home known as Cole Farmhouse was erected. Its foundations laid with sturdy purpose, long before US independence.
Oh, the splendor that graces this historic abode! Majestic chimneys that reach towards the heavens, wide plank floors that bear the marks of many souls that trod upon them, and exposed hand-hewn beams fashioned from the noble American Chestnut. The ceilings soar high above, as if paying homage to the grandeur of times past, while every nook and cranny proudly boasts of striking period details. Truly, this is a dwelling that echoes with the history and whispers of its bygone occupants.