Pre-Revolutionary War Compound Overlooking the Potowomut River Brings ‘Three Centuries of History’ to the Market for $3 Million

A historic Rhode Island compound that predates the nation’s founding by more than 50 years—and is rumored to have once been home to founding father Benjamin Franklin ‘s sister—has hit the market for $3 million. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, The Grange at Potowomut was built in Warwick, RI , in 1723—53 years before Franklin and his fellow Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence . It is, the 10.9-acre property’s website states , a home “that has been at the ce