More impressive than elegant, this unusually large Federal house in Warren, Rhode Island was the home to two important military leaders, Nathan Miller and Joel Abbot. Nathan Miller (1743-1790) was a Brigadier General of the Rhode Island Militia during the Revolutionary War. He was a deputy in the Rhode Island State Assembly for six years, and he represented Rhode Island in the Continental Congress in 1786. After his death in 1790, the general’s daughter, Abigail, and her husband, Charles Wheaton inherited and enlarged the property. Their daughter Laura married Joel Abbot in 1825 and resided here afterwards. Joel Abbot (1793–1855) was a Naval officer in the War of 1812, and commanded a ship during Commodore Perry‘s 1853-1854 visit to Japan, opening the Asian country up to trade with the western world. The large home has maintained its charm and the dated chimney is just too perfect!