Mount Hope Farm

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Mount Hope Farm, also known as Gov. William Bradford House, is a historic estate on Metacom Avenue in Bristol, Rhode Island, near the Mount Hope Bridge. The land has been farmed since the 1680s. The current property covers about 211 acres, a remnant of a much larger estate that once included Mount Hope, the traditional home of the Wampanoag people.

The main house was built in several stages, with the earliest part dating to around 1745. It was built by Isaac Royall Jr., a merchant who owned plantations in the West Indies. In 1783 the property was bought by William Bradford and later passed to his children. Samuel W. Church, a wealthy Taunton merchant, bought it in 1837 and added a major expansion in 1840.

In 1917 the farm was purchased by R. F. Haffenreffer, a wealthy industrialist and collector. Mount Hope Farm was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. Today it operates as a bed-and-breakfast inn and event venue. Locally, the farm is also known for its farmers market, held every Saturday year-round.