Chafee Family Home for Sale for $5.95 Million
Friday, October 29, 2021
The home of John and Virginia Chafee, both of whom have now passed, is now for sale for $5.95 million.
The home is located in Warwick just across from Goddard Park.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTThe Chafees bought the farmland from a neighbor and built the home in 1960 prior to John Chafee's run for Governor in 1962.
To Chafee family members and friends, it was simply known as "The Farm."
Chafee was a three-term Governor of Rhode Island, Secretary of the Navy, and United States Senator during his storied career in government. Chafee served in combat both in WW II and in Korea.
The Chafees raised six children in the home including Tribbie who died in 1968 at age 14 after a horseback riding accident. The Senator and Mrs. Chafee are also buried on the farm in the same family cemetery. John Chafee died in 1999 and Virginia died in 2020. Their son Lincoln went on to serve as Mayor of Warwick, U.S. Senator and Governor of Rhode Island (2011-2015).
Mott & Chace Sotheby's International the firm listing the property writes:
This unique dwelling, home of the late US Senator John Chafee, sits on high ground with sweeping views of acre upon acre of conserved rolling meadows, salt marsh and bending river rich with songbirds, waterfowl, and field animal life. In that the house is set atop a slope, one enters an upper-floor front hall, steps onto a balcony, looks over a double-height living room and beholds, through an immense Palladian window, field and stream beyond. The two-story window soaks morning sun into the big room and onto the breakfast balcony.
South windows pull in light on winter days and below the balcony nestles a more intimate space for cocktails by the fire on winter nights. A private study provides an inner fireplace for those who enjoy a book or television seated by a blaze. To the south extends a brick terrace beneath a thick grape arbor for cool al fresco luncheons on hot summer days and front row seating for the wild chorus of birdsong at sunset. Rain or shine, one might also enjoy a morning coffee or an evening drink while scanning the meadows and river from an exterior covered balcony above. And thrice a season a local farmer can be seen aboard his tractor as he mows the hay in the surrounding fields. The farm is a children’s paradise.
A gambrel-roofed barn topped by a charming cupola contains an ample hayloft for forts or ping-pong and four horse stalls below for the ponies of young riders. The grounds have also been home to geese, chickens, and happy dogs.
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