Smithfield Road Historic District - North Smithfield RI
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nomadwillie
N 41° 58.044 W 071° 29.653
19T E 293322 N 4649165
The district encompasses a cross-section of the development of agricultural properties in North Smithfield over the 19th century, with properties dating from 1811.
Waymark Code: WM12E36
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Date Posted: 05/08/2020
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The district encompasses ten residences, a dozen outbuildings, two family burial grounds, a dam and waterfall, and many stone walls. Smithfield Road, known historically as Great Road, a two-hundred-and fifty-year-old transportation route, is the focus of the district. The eight houses which contribute to the significance of the district, dating from the early nineteenth century to 1932, with one exception, are sited close to the, road.
The Smithfield Road Historic -District is significant for its architecture and for its ability to reflect the agricultural history of the locality. Unlike other heavily-suburbanized parts of northeastern Rhode Island, the district has remained relatively unchanged over the last half century and retains its historic buildings, road scape, rural landscape’ and stone walls. Although its dwellings are neither magnificent or as distinguished architecturally as their urban counterparts, they are good representative examples of rural architecture from the early nineteenth to the early twentieth centuries, including Federal, Greek Revival, Late Victorian, and several early twentieth-century types.
Source: www.preservation.ri.gov/pdfs_zips_downloads/national_pdfs/north_smithfield/nosm_smithfield-road-hd.pdf
Street address:
Smithfield Rd.
North Smithfield , RI
County / Borough / Parish: Providence
Year listed: 1987
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Historic function: Domestic
Current function: Domestic
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 2: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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