Stephen Northup House
The original building may have burned during King Philip's War, which destroyed most of the houses in the state in the 1670s.On February 8, 1662, Northup Sr. sold a plot of land (possibly that same 25 acres) in the Providence region and moved to Kingstowne.The likely scenario of events to help to accurately date this home is to project that Stephen Sr. acquired the North Kingstown property at, or around, the year of 1660 with the intention of moving his new family there.With these facts at hand, one can surmise that during this two-year period, Northup prepared his North Kingstown property for construction of his home completing it early 1662.This places the actual beginning construction of the Stephen Northup House within the time period of 1660, or 1661.