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The United Theater is a contributing property to the Westerly Downtown Historic District.It was originally a vaudeville venue opened on January 18, 1926. [2] [3] The opening night featured the Seven Rainbow Girls, Eddie Cooke and the Shaw Sisters, Bernard and Ferris, Exposition Jubilee, and the Jean Jackson Troupe. [4]
The Westerly Downtown Historic District is a historic district encompassing most of the commercial and civic district of Westerly, Rhode Island, United States.It extends from Broad and Union Streets eastward along High Street, and north along Canal Street to Railroad Avenue, where it extends to include the historic railroad station.
Roughly Bowling Ln. from the Pawcatuck River to Vars Ln. and Main St. from the Bradford Bridge to Church Ave. 41°24′08″N 71°45′06″W / 41.402222°N 71.751667°W / 41.402222; -71.751667 ( Bradford Village Historic
The Main Street Historic District of Westerly, Rhode Island, encompasses a predominantly residential section of Main Street and adjoining Maple Avenue and School Street.. The district includes nineteen houses, which are predominantly Greek Revival, Italianate, and Second Empire in style, as well as the Pawcatuck Seventh Day Baptist Church, a Greek Revival structure built 1847
WELLS, Maine — Carmelita Edgecombe, the local mother who from her hospice bed called for society to do more to help the homeless, has died after a battle with cancer. She was 35. Edgecombe’s ...
When his second wife, Anna Maxson Babcock, died in 1812, the property was passed to Dudley Babcock. Dudley, having lost some ships in the war of 1812 and unable to pay some debts, sold the house to his distant cousin, Oliver Wells, in 1817. Mr. Wells used it as a prosperous tenant farm, however the house was allowed to fall into disrepair." [3]
The Westerly Memorial and Public Library was built in 1894 and was designed by Longstaff and Hurd in the Richardson Romanesque Revival style. It was built with funds from Stephen Wilcox in 1892. [3] An eastern addition was built in 1924. Opened on August 15, 1894, it is maintained by the Memorial and Library Association of Westerly. [4] [5]
The North End Historic District is a predominantly residential historic district in northwestern Westerly, Rhode Island.The area traces the industrial development of Westerly, with proximity to both its central business district as well as water-based textile mills, and stone quarries further inland.