It is Summer in Wickford ! Enjoy a stroll through the village or walk our beautiful beaches, then return to our porch or patio for a cool drink. Create your own fun holiday as there is so much to do in Rhode Island! In 1906, Haddie and Christopher Pierce built their American Foursquare clapboard home, complete with widow's walk, on a busy street corner in the village of Wickford. The town had been enjoying a newfound reputation as a summer resort thanks to the Seaview Railroad and steamships that sailed into Wickford Harbor. The train and ships have passed into history, but the Haddie Pierce House remains in its excellent ...