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The Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery are a pair of separate cemeteries on Farewell and Warner Street in Newport, Rhode Island. Together they contain over 5,000 graves, including a colonial -era slave cemetery and Jewish graves. The pair of cemeteries was added to the National Register of Historic Places as a single listing in 1974.
December 12, 1978. ( #78000061) Crosses the Pawtuxet River at Hill St. 41°43′49″N 71°32′49″W. / 41.730278°N 71.546944°W / 41.730278; -71.546944 ( Arkwright Bridge) Cranston. Extends into Kent County. 2. Edgewood Historic District-Anstis Greene Estate Plats.
300 Weybosset St. 41°49′11″N 71°24′51″W / 41.819722°N 71.414167°W / 41.819722; -71.414167 (Beneficent Congregational Church) The oldest church in Providence west of the Providence River] and an outstanding example of Greek Revival architecture. 15. Blackstone Boulevard Realty Plat Historic District.
There are 434 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 15 National Historic Landmarks. The cities of Pawtucket, Woonsocket, and Providence include 57, 43, and 169 of these properties and districts — including 1 and 12 National Historic Landmarks — respectively; they are listed separately.
73000050 [1] Added to NRHP. April 24, 1973. Pawtuxet Village (PAH-tucks-it[2]) is a section of the New England cities of Warwick and Cranston, Rhode Island, United States. It is located at the point where the Pawtuxet River flows into the Providence River and Narragansett Bay.
Funerary art in Puritan New England encompasses graveyard headstones carved between c. 1640 and the late 18th century by the Puritans, founders of the first American colonies, and their descendants. Early New England Puritan funerary art conveys a practical attitude towards 17th-century mortality; death was an ever-present reality of life, [1 ...
78003445 (increase) Added to NRHP. October 5, 1977. Swan Point Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Established in 1846 on a 60-acre (0.24 km 2) plot of land, it has approximately 40,000 interments. [2] Grave of Rhode Island Governor Elisha Dyer Jr.
March 2, 1990. The Thomas Fenner House or the "Sam Joy Place" is a historic stone-ender house in Cranston, Rhode Island. It the oldest surviving house in the Providence Plantations portion of Rhode Island. The only older structure in the state is the White Horse Tavern in Newport. The house was built as a farmhouse in 1677 after King Philip's ...