Cedar Hill
Location4157 Post Road, Warwick, Rhode Island
Area27.4 acres (11.1 ha)
Built1877
ArchitectWilliam R. Walker
Architectural styleGothic Revival
NRHP reference No.14001077[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 22, 2014

Clouds Hill is a historic house museum at 4157 Post Road in Warwick, Rhode Island. It is located on the estate formerly known as Cedar Hill, a country estate built 1871-77 as a wedding present for Elizabeth Ives Slater Reed by her father, William S. Slater. The main mansion house is a large Gothic Revival structure, designed by noted Providence architect William R. Walker, and is one of his few surviving large-scale residential designs. Both the Slaters and Reeds were leading industrial textile magnates in Rhode Island, and the property contains many examples of high quality Victorian-era workmanship, including a distinctive Egyptian-themed room. The estate was occupied by four generations of Reed descendants, and was converted to a museum in 2004.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.[1] The museum is open by appointment, or when events are scheduled.

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  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Cedar Hill" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-01-01. Retrieved 2014-12-31.


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