Crowfield Historic District

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Crowfield Historic District
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Location North Kingstown, Rhode Island
Coordinates 41°32′0″N71°25′27″W / 41.53333°N 71.42417°W / 41.53333; -71.42417 Coordinates: 41°32′0″N71°25′27″W / 41.53333°N 71.42417°W / 41.53333; -71.42417
Area56.3 acres (22.8 ha)
Built1906
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleShingle Style
MPS North Kingstown MRA
NRHP reference No. 85001646 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 19, 1985

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. [2]

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. "Historic Resources of North Kingstown (PDF pages 6-9)" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-11-09.