Casey Farm, c. 1750
2325 Boston Neck Road
Saunderstown, R.I. 02874
(401) 295-1030
CaseyFarm@HistoricNewEngland.org
Directions
Open: Saturdays, June 1 - October 15
9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Admission: $4, Historic New England members and Saunderstown residents free
Click here for information about school programs for this site.
This mid 18th-century homestead overlooking Narragansett Bay was
the center of a plantation that produced food for local and foreign
markets. Located near Newport, Casey Farm had access to material
goods imported from England, enabling its early owners to live in a
fashionable manner.
Prosperity ended with the burning of Newport during the
Revolution, and the farm settled into a pattern of absentee
ownership.
Starting in the mid 19th century, the Casey family began to
improve the farm. They leased the property to tenant farmers but
retained two rooms in the house for their own occasional summer use,
as they had come to regard the farm as their ancestral home.
Today, resident farm managers raise organically grown vegetables,
herbs, and flowers for subscribing households in a Community
Supported Agriculture program. The guided tour includes the farmyard
and cemetery, where six generations of Caseys are buried.
Learn more about Casey Farm's
Community Supported Agriculture Program. Visit our Programs and Events
in Rhode Island page for a listing of activities at Casey Farm and nearby Watson Farm. For information on school programs at the farm,
click here.
Historic New England's Watson Farm is less than five miles away.
Directions: Take I-95 to Route 4 south to Route
138 east (Newport/Jamestown exit). Turn right onto Route 1A before
the Jamestown Bridge. The farm is one mile on the right. From
Newport, take Route 138 west to the Narragansett exit. Turn right
onto Route 1A. The farm is one mile on the right.
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