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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]
September 5, 1985 (Roughly bounded by Breen, Watch Hill, and E. Hill Rds., Block Island Sound, Little Narragansett Bay, and the Pawtucket River Westerly: Well-preserved Victorian seaside resort area
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.
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.
Westerly has a set budget of $102 million for the Westerly Police Department in the 2024–2025 fiscal budget. [59] Westerly, RI has a general crime rate of 10 per 1000 residents, with most crime happening in Downtown Westerly, and along the coast. [60]
Wilcox Park was the 1898 bequest of Harriet Wilcox, widow of Stephen Wilcox.The latter invented the non-explosive boiler and founded, along with fellow West'lyan Herman Babcock, the giant engineering firm of Babcock & Wilcox, and was a major funder of the Romanesque Westerly Library, which faces the park and was built in 1892.
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