{{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox building | name = Edward Searle House | former_names = | image = Searle.Edward.House.Oaklawn.RI.20110721.jpg | image_alt = | image_size = 250px | caption = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_alt = | map_caption = | building_type = House | architectural_style = Stone ender | owner = Privately owned | location = Oaklawn Village, Cranston, Rhode Island | address = | coordinates = | construction_start_date = 1677 | completion_date = | demolished_date = | height = | top_floor = | floor_count = | floor_area = | architect = | awards = | designations = | url = | references = }} thumb|right|Edward Searle House before 1900 The '''Edward Searle House''' is an historic stone ender in Cranston, Rhode Island in the village of Oaklawn. The house is one of the oldest surviving buildings in the state.
The house was rebuilt in 1677 on the site of the original 1670 house off of the remaining Stone end and chimney which survived the burning by Native Americans during King Philip's War, and was remodeled around 1720.{{Sfn|Mello}} The {{frac|1|1|2}}-story gable-roofed stone-ender remains a part of the newer house.{{Sfn|City of Cranston website}} Edward Searle was a son-in-law of Thomas Ralph{{Sfn|City of Cranston website}} who was one of the original purchasers of the land from the Native Americans. The owner of the house has placed a large chalkboard on the front porch often containing messages for passers-by.{{Sfn|Dunn}}
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*{{cite web|url=https://www.cranstonri.com/generalpage.php?page=110 |title=Historic Locations, Oak Lawn Village (formerly Searles Corner) |access-date=2011-08-07 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807012352/http://www.cranstonri.com/generalpage.php?page=110 |archive-date=2011-08-07 |ref={{harvid|City of Cranston website}} }} *{{cite journal|last=Dunn|first= Christine|title=Oak Lawn in Cranston: History and a bike path run through the Victorian village|journal=Providence Journal|url=http://www.projo.com/projohomes/content/HO_oaklawn042008_04-20-08_M29NV6U_v20.298ed07.html }} *{{cite journal|last=Mello |first=Michael |title=Dating R.I's oldest houses is part science, part art |journal=Providence Journal |url=http://www.preservation.ri.gov/pdfs_zips/news_pdfs/headlines_pdfs/dating_house.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051115092922/http://www.preservation.ri.gov/pdfs_zips/news_pdfs/headlines_pdfs/dating_house.pdf |archive-date=2005-11-15 }}
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== See also == *List of the oldest buildings in Rhode Island
Category:Houses completed in 1677 Category:Houses in Cranston, Rhode Island Category:1677 establishments in Rhode Island