page_title: Thomas P. Ives House
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Thomas P. Ives House / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Thomas Poynton Ives (1769-1835) Artist: Lincoln, James Sullivan, after an original by Chester Harding (1811-1888) Portrait Date: 1835 Medium: Oil on canvas
context_page_description: The Thomas P. Ives House is a National Historic Landmark at 66 Power Street in the College Hill in Providence, Rhode Island. Built in 1803–06, this brick house is an extremely well-preserved and little-altered example of Adamesque-Federal style. The house was built by Caleb Ormsbee, a Providence master builder, for Thomas Poynton Ives, a wealthy merchant. Although two of its principal chambers were redecorated in the 1870s, these alterations were reversed in the 1950s. The house was in Ives family hands for more than 150 years, and is now owned by Brown University. It was designated a National Historic Landmark on December 30, 1970.
context_section_description: Thomas Poynton Ives (1759–1835) was a wealthy merchant, who received his training in the counting house of Nicholas Brown, Sr., married Brown's daughter Hope, and in 1796 former the partnership of Brown & Ives with Nicholas Brown, Jr., for whom Brown University is named. Ives hired Caleb Ormsbee to build this house, which was built between 1803 and 1806. The house remained in the hands of the Ives family until 1910. At that time it was sold to Brown University, retaining a lifetime occupancy right for owners.
  The house underwent a number of relatively modest alterations. Gas lighting and central heat were added in 1848, and French doors were added to the library in 1910. The most significant ones occurred in the 1870s, when the dining room and library were redecorated in the Colonial Revival style. This work was removed in 1954, replaced by Federal styling more in keeping with the rest of the house. A period fireplace mantel from Philadelphia was installed in the dining room as part of this work.
  The house was designated a National Historic Landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970; it was included as a contributing property to the expansive College Hill Historic District, a National Historic Landmark District encompassing the original colonial center of Providence.
caption: Thomas Poynton Ives, painted by James Sullivan Lincoln
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