The Setting
Where the house stands
The farmhouse sits in the rural northwest corner of Rhode Island, in the village of Harrisville in the town of Burrillville, about forty minutes from Providence and close to both the Massachusetts and Connecticut lines. It is a private home on a residential road, not a public monument, and the road has had a good deal to say about the traffic the house attracts. What follows is context for readers of this archive — it is not an invitation, and no visit can be arranged through this site.
The Location
Harrisville, Burrillville
The property is on Round Top Road, in the village of Harrisville. Burrillville was set off from Glocester as its own town in 1806, seventy years after the farmhouse was raised, so the building is older than the town around it.
Subject of this archive
1677 Round Top Road
Burrillville, RI 02830
A private residence. Please do not attend without the current operator of the property.
The Land
What surrounds it
The house was the centre of a working farm of roughly two hundred acres, parcelled down over the centuries to a fraction of that. The land around it still carries the marks of that history: hand-laid stone walls, woodland that was once field, a river below, and a family burial plot among the trees.
For most of its three centuries this was simply farmland in a quiet corner of Rhode Island, worked by one extended family for eight generations.
Please Note
A private property with neighbours
The single most consistent theme in the recent history of this house is friction between the attention it attracts and the residential road it sits on. In November 2024 the Burrillville Town Council declined to renew the property’s entertainment licence, citing strained relations with neighbours, and public access has been unsettled since. Ownership itself is currently before the courts.
- The property is private and occupied land, not a public site
- Do not attend, park, or photograph without the current operator
- The neighbouring homes are private residences
- Access arrangements, when they exist, are made by the operator — never here
The history is the part you can have tonight
Three hundred and forty-six years of it, documented and in order — from the 1680 survey of the land to the filings of this summer.
An independent historical archive. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by the owner of the property, and not affiliated with New Line Productions, Inc. or Warner Bros. No access to the property is sold or arranged through this site.