Crowfield Historic District
Crowfield Historic District is a district in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 19, 1985.
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- North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island
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History
The Crowfield Historic District is a small residential historic district in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. It encompasses a cluster of four early 20th-century summer houses, all connected via family or friendship connections to the writer Owen Wister. The occupy a large parcel of land sloping down to the shore of Narragansett Bay on the east side of Boston Neck Road, a short way north of the Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge. The area was named "Crowfield" by Elizabeth Middleton Cope, who built a Shingle-style mansion in 1906. Owen Wister, her uncle, built his house, Champ de Corbeau, in 1909-10 to a design by Grant Lafarge. The Jamieson House was also built in 1906, and was designed by the same architect, James P. Jamieson. The fourth house, Orchard House, was built in 1924. All are Shingle style houses. The compound is unusual for North Kingstown, where most summer estates were isolated individual properties.
The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. The official nomination form is linked under Sources.
Other listings in North Kingstown
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- Baker, David S., Estate Building · listed 2011
- Camp Endicott District · listed 1978
- Casey, Silas, Farm District · listed 1973
- Cedar Point Historic District District · listed 2022
- Davisville Historic District District · listed 1985
- Douglas, George, House Building · listed 1975
- Gardner, Ezekial, House Building · listed 1985
- Hamilton Mill Village Historic District District · listed 1983
- Lafayette Village District · listed 1978
- Northrup, Stephen, House Building · listed 1985
- Old Narragansett Cemetery Site · listed 1985
- Old Narragansett Church Building · listed 1973
- Palmer-Northrup House Building · listed 1973
- Pierce, Joseph, Farm Building · listed 1985
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