Holidays at the Homestead

Posted 12/5/12

The Joy Homestead committee, led by Cranston historian Lydia Rapoza, decked the halls of the historical homestead located a 156 Scituate Ave. Job Joy, a cobbler and farmer, built Homestead, which …

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Holidays at the Homestead

RETURN TRIP: Michael Phillips and Joshua Mason, dressed as a fifer, field questions from 8-year-old Dillon Bombardier, a third grader from George Peters Elementary School. Bombardier had previously visited Joy Homestead, a historical landmark in our city, during a school field trip and wanted to return to see it decorated for the season.

Steve Popiel

CURIOUS COUSINS: Nancy Bordeleau and her cousin Claudette Bordeleau meet up with Michael Phillips, dressed as a corporal in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.

THE MISTRESS: Lydia Rapoza portrayed the “Mistress of Joy Homestead” during the Holiday Open House on Scituate Ave.

SITTING WITH WASHINGTON: General George Washington, played by Ron Sullman, meets with 4-year-olds Zoe Guarnaccia and Elaina McDermott and enjoys the children’s questions during the open house at the Joy Homestead held this past Sunday.

Posted Wednesday, December 5, 2012 1:00 pm

The Joy Homestead committee, led by Cranston historian Lydia Rapoza, decked the halls of the historical homestead located a 156 Scituate Ave. Job Joy, a cobbler and farmer, built Homestead, which features five rooms furnished with period antiques. It is just one of five Cranston houses on the National Rochambeau Trail and the only one open to the public. The Joy Homestead is a Gambrel roof farmhouse built in 1754. Serving as an example of early architecture, the Homestead is an official historic site on the Washington Rochambeau Revolutionary Route. School tours are available by appointment.