William Goddard House, 38 Brown Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

Significance: This large brick house was the home of two William Goddards, both prominent in the activities of Brown University. William Giles Goddard, for whom with his wife Charlotte Rhoda Ives Goddard the house was built, was a professor, trustee, secretary and fellow of Brown. His son, William Goddard, a Colonel during the Civil War, was a trustee and chancellor of Brown. Col. Goddard's daughter, the present occupant, deeded the house to Brown in 1940 in memory of her father.
Survey number: HABS RI-195
Building/structure dates: ca. 1830 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1881 Subsequent Work