Babcock-Smith House
This is a 1734 two-story gambrel, handsomely paneled and filled with old Connecticut and Rhode Island furniture. Built by Westerly's first physician, Dr.Joshua Babcock, this man was also a chief justice of Rhode Island, a general in the Revolutionary army and a friend of Ben Franklin. Franklin was a frequent visitor to this house and, according to tradition, provided the lightening rods for the house roof. An engraving of Franklin hangs over the dining room mantel. An avid angler, Franklin frequently fished off of nearby Weekapaug Point.
The exterior of the house is particularly notable for the hand-carved corners and the broken-scroll pediment over the main entrance.
From journal Westerly-an unknown treasure