West Winds

Coordinates: 41°43′30″N 71°30′52″W / 41.72500°N 71.51444°W / 41.72500; -71.51444
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West Winds
West Winds viewed from road in 2014
West Winds is located in Rhode Island
West Winds
West Winds is located in the United States
West Winds
Location300 Wakefield Street,
West Warwick, Rhode Island
Coordinates41°43′30″N 71°30′52″W / 41.72500°N 71.51444°W / 41.72500; -71.51444
Builtc. 1740
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Greek Revival, Federal
NRHP reference No.93000425 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 20, 1993

West Winds, also known as the Burlingame-Quinn House, is a historic home in West Warwick, Rhode Island. The site was built c. 1740 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

The house seems to have been built between 1736 and 1753, probably c.1740. At the time of purchase by George Burlingame (1777-1872) in 1819, the property encompassed 270 acres (110 ha) of farmland. In 1921 it was bought by Robert E. Quinn, a Rhode Island state senator, lieutenant governor, governor, and judge. It was Quinn who christened the property "West Winds".[2] The building has been extensively renovated and expanded several times during its history. Much of the original farmland still surrounds the property as a golf course.

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ "NRHP Registration Form" (PDF). 15 April 1993. Retrieved 30 May 2014.