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Weekapaug Inn

Coordinates: 41°19′49″N 71°45′3″W / 41.33028°N 71.75083°W / 41.33028; -71.75083
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Weekapaug Inn
Weekapaug Inn is located in Rhode Island
Weekapaug Inn
Weekapaug Inn is located in the United States
Weekapaug Inn
Location25 Spray Rock Rd., Westerly, Rhode Island
Coordinates41°19′49″N 71°45′3″W / 41.33028°N 71.75083°W / 41.33028; -71.75083
Area8 acres (3.2 ha)
Built1939
ArchitectRalph Harrington Doane
NRHP reference No.06001305[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 25, 2007

Weekapaug Inn is a historic inn at 25 Spray Rock Road in Westerly, Rhode Island.

In 1899, Phebe and Frederick C. Buffum built the original Weekapaug Inn on a strip of land between the Quonochontaug Pond and the Atlantic Ocean in the community of Weekapaug, Rhode Island. It was destroyed by the New England Hurricane of 1938, but they rebuilt it the following year. The new structure was situated across the pond from the original site, and it reopened in 1939.[2] The Buffum family ran the inn for 108 years until it closed for renovations in 2007.[3] The Weekapaug Inn was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Zachary P. Miller (October 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Weekapaug Inn" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-08-10. Includes 11 photos from 2004-2005.
  3. ^ "Weekapaug Inn | History". Archived from the original on 2012-05-09. Retrieved 2016-06-14.