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Rhode Island History; Rhode Island Naval History; History of Rhode Island (1853; full text online) State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations at the end of the century by Edward Field (ed.). History of the state, published in 1902. (Full text available online.) 1663 charter Archived 2010-11-26 at the Wayback Machine; Indian Place Names
George Owen Willard (1891), History of the Providence stage, 1762-1891, Providence: Rhode Island News Co., OL 7237402M Mariana M. Tallman (1893), "In and about Providence" , Pleasant places in Rhode Island, and how to reach them , Providence: The Providence Journal Company
Area around Smith's Castle, one of Rhode Island's oldest houses, built on the site of an early trading post established by Roger Williams. 12: College Hill Historic District: College Hill Historic District: December 30, 1970 : Providence
Rhode Island was the only New England colony without an established church. [28] Rhode Island had only four churches with regular services in 1650, out of the 109 places of worship with regular services in the New England Colonies (including those without resident clergy), [28] while there was a small Jewish enclave in Newport by 1658. [29]
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When the State House was being built in 1895, the Rhode Island Historical Society requested that a statue of Roger Williams sit atop the new capitol building, but architect Charles McKim worried ...
Rhode Island counties (clickable map) This is a list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island. As of May 29, 2015, there are more than 750 listed sites in Rhode Island. All 5 of the counties in Rhode Island have listings on the National Register.
The Stephen Hopkins House is the oldest extant house in Providence. The Rhode Island city of Providence has a nearly 400-year history integral to that of the United States, including significance in the American Revolutionary War by providing leadership and fighting strength, quartering troops, and supplying goods to residents by circumventing the blockade of Newport.