Captain Thomas Paine House

 

Captain Thomas Paine purchased 160 acres on East Shore Road in Jamestown where he built a two-story, three-bay, wood frame, shingled house with an overhanging upper story. He also established the farm on the property. It is likely the oldest house on Jamestown.

Paine died in 1715, leaving his estate to his wife. When she died two years later, the property passed into the Carr family. The house was enlarged and altered many times over the next 200 years. Seth M. Vose purchased the home in the 1880s as summer residence and added a third story and dormers. He renamed the house Cajacet. The next owners, Mr. and Mrs. Lucius Collins, purchased the house around 1949 and hired John Hutchins Cady to undo the changes made by Vose and restore the house to its 18th century appearance. In 1978 and in 2003 AW Baker Restorations was hired to evaluate the building.

The house now stands on nine acres and Thomas Paine’s tombstone is still in the front yard.

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Documentation

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Captain Thomas Paine House: A Memoir of Cajacet on Conanicut Island 1881-1945 by S. Morton Vose II

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Captain Thomas Paine House: Baker Letters to Ron Long, February - April 2003

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Captain Thomas Paine House: Baker Report for Mr. and Mrs. Parker, August 10, 1978

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Captain Thomas Paine House: Baker's 1978 Notes on Cajacet Findings and Repairs

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Captain Thomas Paine House: Baker's Appendix to J. H. Cady Report

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Captain Thomas Paine House: Baker's Drawings and Notes on Frame and Floor Plans

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Captain Thomas Paine House: Baker's Letter to Ron Long, 2003

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Captain Thomas Paine House: Baker's Report on Cajacet House

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Captain Thomas Paine House: Cady Alterations to Cajacet, Jamestown, R.I.

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Captain Thomas Paine House: Cady Contract for Alterations to Cajacet, April 15, 1950

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Captain Thomas Paine House: Correspondence from Baker to Mr. and Mrs. Parker, 1978-1979

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Captain Thomas Paine House: Correspondence with Claire Dempsey, April 30, 2003

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Captain Thomas Paine House: Handout from Anne W. Baker Notes

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Captain Thomas Paine House: Horse Barn Plans

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Captain Thomas Paine House: Interior Plan Drawings, 1978

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Captain Thomas Paine House: Jamestown Historical Society Information

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Captain Thomas Paine House: Letter from Baker to David Stern, December 16, 1978

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Captain Thomas Paine House: Letter from Baker to David Stern, July 28, 1978

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Captain Thomas Paine House: Letter to Baker from S. Morton Vose II, April 8, 2003

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Captain Thomas Paine House: Letter to Baker from S. Morton Vose II, June 11, 2003

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Captain Thomas Paine House: Letter to Baker from S. Morton Vose, June 13, 2003

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Captain Thomas Paine House on Conanicut Island in Jamestown Rhode Island. Also known as Cajacet

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Captain Thomas Paine House: Request for National Register Evaluation

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Captain Thomas Paine House: Vose Letter to Jamestown Town Clerk, August 17, 2001

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Captain Thomas Paine House: Will of Thomas Paine

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Thomas Paine House: "The House of Captain Thomas Paine, Jamestown, R.I" by John Hutchins Cady, F.A.I.A., December 1952

Drawings and Plans

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Captain Thomas Paine House: Baker Drawing of Cajacet Framing Components

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Captain Thomas Paine House: Baker's Blueprint of Cajacet Walls

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Captain Thomas Paine House: Cady Blueprint for Attic Plan

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Captain Thomas Paine House: Cady Blueprint for Attic Plan Revised

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Captain Thomas Paine House: Cady Blueprint for First Floor Plan

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Captain Thomas Paine House: Cady Blueprint for First Floor Plan with Library and Living Room Detail

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Captain Thomas Paine House: Cady Blueprint for Revised First Floor Plan

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Captain Thomas Paine House: Cady Blueprint for Second Floor Plan

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Captain Thomas Paine House: Cady Detail of North Living Room Wall at Cajacet

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Captain Thomas Paine House: Cady Details for Library

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Captain Thomas Paine House: Cady's Blueprint for Attic Plan

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Captain Thomas Paine House: Cady's Blueprint of South Elevation

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Captain Thomas Paine House: Drawing of Joist Spacing

Images

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Captain Thomas Paine House 001: Cady Drawing of Cajacet, Jamestown, RI

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Captain Thomas Paine House 005: Cajacet in 1890

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Captain Thomas Paine House 010: Cajacet Stone Hoist

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Captain Thomas Paine House 015: Cajacet Stone Hoist

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Captain Thomas Paine House 020: Cajacet Stones

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Captain Thomas Paine House 025: Exterior, 1978

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Captain Thomas Paine House 030: Side Exterior

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Captain Thomas Paine House 035: Rock Formation

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Captain Thomas Paine House 040: Rock Formation

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Captain Thomas Paine House 045: Window Close-up, 1978

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Captain Thomas Paine House 050: Side Exterior, 1978

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Captain Thomas Paine House 055: Exterior View

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Captain Thomas Paine House 060: Summer Beam

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Captain Thomas Paine House 065: Exterior with Driveway, 1978

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Captain Thomas Paine House 070: Interior Wall Boards

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Captain Thomas Paine House 075: Interior Windows and Wall

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Captain Thomas Paine House 080: Not Described, 1978

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Captain Thomas Paine House 085: Framing

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Captain Thomas Paine House 090: Firebox, 1978

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Captain Thomas Paine House 095: Firebox

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Captain Thomas Paine House 100: Framing

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Captain Thomas Paine House 105: Close-up of Joint

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Captain Thomas Paine House 110: Interior Wall View, Windows

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Captain Thomas Paine House 115: Wood in Frame

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Captain Thomas Paine House 120: Wallpapered Wall

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Captain Thomas Paine House 125: Exterior view

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Captain Thomas Paine House 130: View from East

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Captain Thomas Paine House 135: E Room Framing

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Captain Thomas Paine House 140: E Room Firebox

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Captain Thomas Paine House 145: A Room Joists

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Captain Thomas Paine House 150: B Room Hall

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Captain Thomas Paine House 155: A Room West - Joists

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Captain Thomas Paine House 160: A Room, Summer Beams

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Captain Thomas Paine House 165: A Room Firebox

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Captain Thomas Paine House 170: Cottage

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Captain Thomas Paine House 175: East Barn

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Captain Thomas Paine House 180: West Barn

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Captain Thomas Paine House 185: Garage, Originally Blacksmith

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Captain Thomas Paine House 190: Greenhouse