Historic places in East Greenwich, Rhode Island
East Greenwich in Kent County has 13 properties on the National Register of Historic Places: 8 buildings, 4 districts, 1 site. The first was listed in 1970 and the most recent in 2011. The most common areas of significance here are architecture, agriculture, military.
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Every National Register listing in East Greenwich
Briggs, Richard, Farm
The 72-acre (29 ha) farm, established in 1704 by Richard Briggs (1675-1733) on land given to him by his father, who had acquired it in the 1670s. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #03000517
East Greenwich Historic District
East Greenwich Historic District is a historic district encompassing the historic commercial and civic heart of East Greenwich, Rhode Island, United States. [Wikipedia]
Roughly bounded by Kenyon Ave., Division, Peirce, & London Sts., Greenwich Cove and Dark Entry Brook · NPS record #74000036
Kent County Courthouse
The Kent County Courthouse, now the East Greenwich Town Hall, is a historic court building at 127 Main Street in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. [Wikipedia]
127 Main St. · NPS record #70000013
Tillinghast Mill Site (also Mount Hope Factory; Tillinghast Factory)
The Tillinghast Mill Site is an historic industrial site in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. [Wikipedia]
Address not published · NPS record #88000164
Armory of the Kentish Guards
The Armory of the Kentish Guards is a historic armory at Armory and Peirce Streets in East Greenwich, Rhode Island and is currently home to the Kentish Guards, a historic Rhode Island Independent Military Organization. [Wikipedia]
Armory and Peirce Sts. · NPS record #70000012
Fry's Hamlet Historic District
Fry's Hamlet Historic District is a historic district in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. [Wikipedia]
2068, 2153, 2196, and 2233 S. County Trail · NPS record #85003161
Massie Wireless Station (also PJ)
The Massie Wireless Station (PJ) was built in Point Judith, Rhode Island, in 1907 and may be the oldest surviving working wireless station in the world. [Wikipedia]
1300 Frenchtown Rd. · NPS record #01001157
Spencer-Shippe-Lillbridge House (also Crossways Farm, Walnut Brook Farm)
The main house is a 2+1⁄2-story timber-frame structure, five bays wide and three bays deep, whose construction date is traditionally given as 1772. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #11000207
Tillinghast Road Historic District
Tillinghast Road Historic District is a historic district encompassing a rural landscape in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. [Wikipedia]
Tillinghast Rd. · NPS record #88000167
Varnum, Gen. James Mitchell, House
The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built in 1773 for James Mitchell Varnum, who later served as a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #71000016
Weaver, Clement-Daniel Howland House (also Clement Weaver House)
The Clement Weaver–Daniel Howland House is a historic stone-ender timber frame house built in 1679. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #95001266
Whitmarsh, Col. Micah, House (also Reynolds, John, House)
The Colonel Micah Whitmarsh House is an historic house in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #71000017
Windmill Cottage
It was the home of George Washington Greene, a former American consul to Rome and historian. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #73000051
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