Rhode Island - Kent County - Historic Districts
Kent County Rhode Island (Historic Districts) has 17 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 9 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Pawtuxet Village Historic District, Buttonwoods Beach Historic District, Carbuncle Hill Archaeological District, RI-1072-1079, Crompton Mill Historic District and East Greenwich Historic District.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Native American, Late Archaic and Early & Late Woodland dating back to 6999 BC.

The famous person Thomas Tillinghast Sr. is associated with one of more of the Kent County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Kent County places including Walker,William R., & Son and Field & Peirce Hoppin. Prominent architectural styles found in Kent Country are Federal, Greek Revival and Colonial.

Anthony Village Historic District (added 2010 - - #10000770)
Washington St between Battey St and Hazard St and various properties on 12 adjacent sts and the Pawtuxet River, Coventry
Faolin42, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Italianate, Federal
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Industry
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Apponaug Historic District (added 1984 - - #84001833)
3376, 3384, 3387, 3391, 3397--3399, and 3404 Post Rd. , Warwick
Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Federal, Colonial
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Briggs, Richard, Farm (added 2003 - - #03000517)
830 South Rd. , East Greenwich
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Colonial
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Cemetery, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Cemetery, Single Dwelling
Buttonwoods Beach Historic District (added 1984 - - #84001834)
Roughly bounded by Brush Neck Cove, Greenwich Bay, Cooper and Promenade Aves. , Warwick
Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Carbuncle Hill Archaeological District, RI-1072-1079 (added 1985 - - #85002692)
Address Restricted , Coventry
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Native American
Period of Significance:
1000-500 AD
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp, Village Site
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Unoccupied Land
Crompton Mill Historic District (added 2006 - - #06000577)
Also known as Crompton Mills
20 Remington St., 53 and 65 Manchester St. , West Warwick
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Area of Significance:
Industry, Engineering, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
East Greenwich Historic District (added 1974 - - #74000036)
Roughly bounded by Kenyon Ave., Division, Peirce, & London Sts., Greenwich Cove and Dark Entry Brook , Warwick
Marcbela, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Engineering, Politics/Government, Architecture, Military
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1700-1749, 1650-1699
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Single Dwelling, Water Works
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current Sub-function:
Business, Single Dwelling
East Greenwich Historic District (added 1974 - - #74000036)
Roughly bounded by Kenyon Ave., Division, Peirce, & London Sts., Greenwich Cove and Dark Entry Brook , East Greenwich
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Engineering, Politics/Government, Architecture, Military
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1700-1749, 1650-1699
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Single Dwelling, Water Works
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current Sub-function:
Business, Single Dwelling
Forge Road Historic District (added 1984 - - #84001861)
Forge Rd. from Ives Rd. to the Potowomut River , Warwick
Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1750 AD
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Fry's Hamlet Historic District (added 1985 - - #85003161)
2068, 2153, 2196, and 2233 S. County Trail , East Greenwich
Acroterion, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Federal, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749, 1650-1699
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Hopkins Hollow Village (added 2010 - - #09001290)
Also known as Hopkins Hollow--Roaring Brook Historic District
Hopkins Hollow Rd., Narrow Ln., Perry Hill Rd. , Coventry and W. Greenwich
Swampyank, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Federal, Colonial
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Agriculture, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Exploration/Settlement
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Garden, Manufacturing Facility, Processing, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Forest, Garden, Processing, Single Dwelling, Storage, Water Works
Meadows Archeological District (added 1983 - - #83003800)
Also known as RI-253A-D
Address Restricted , Warwick
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Late Archaic, Early & Late Woodland
Period of Significance:
5000-6999 BC, 499-0 AD, 1499-1000 AD
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
Pawtuxet Village Historic District (added 1973 - - #73000050)
Also known as Pawtuxet Village
Bounded roughly by Bayside, S. Atlantic, and Ocean Aves., Pawtuxet and Providence rivers, and Post Rd. , Warwick
Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Military, Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749, 1650-1699, 1600-1649
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Domestic, Health Care, Recreation And Culture, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Civic, Outdoor Recreation, Resort, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Health Care, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Outdoor Recreation, Resort, Single Dwelling
Rice City Historic District (added 1980 - - #80000078)
W of Coventry Center at RI 14 and RI 117 , Coventry
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Federal, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current Function:
Domestic, Funerary
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Single Dwelling
South Main Street Historic District (added 1987 - - #87001064)
Cady, S. Main, and Wood Sts. , Coventry
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Federal, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Tillinghast Road Historic District (added 1988 - - #88000167)
Tillinghast Rd. , East Greenwich
Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Federal, Greek Revival, Colonial
Historic Person:
Tillinghast,Thomas,Sr.
Significant Year:
1972
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749, 1650-1699
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum, Single Dwelling
Warwick Civic Center Historic District (added 1980 - - #80000079)
Post Rd. , Warwick
Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hoppin,Field & Peirce, Walker,William R., & Son
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture, Military, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Defense, Education, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Arms Storage, City Hall, Fire Station, Library
Current Function:
Education, Government, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
City Hall, Government Office, Library, Museum
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