Joy Homestead

The Joy Homestead, also known as the Job Joy House, is a historic house on Old Scituate Avenue in Cranston, Rhode Island. This 2+1⁄2-story gambrel-roof wood-framed house was built between 1764 and 1778. It was occupied by members of the Joy family until 1884, and was acquired by the Cranston Historical Society in 1959.^[2] It was a stopping point on the first day's march in 1781 of the French Army troops marching from Providence to Yorktown, Virginia during the American Revolutionary War.^[3]

Joy Homestead
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Cranston, Rhode Island
Coordinates	41°46′57″N 71°28′36″W
Built	1764
NRHP reference No.	71000035 [1]
Added to NRHP	February 18, 1971

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.^[1] The Historical Society offers tours.

See also

• Nathan Westcott House, another 18th-century house next door
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence County, Rhode Island