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This is a list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island. As of May 29, 2015, there are more than 750 listed sites in Rhode Island. All 5 of the counties in Rhode Island have listings on the National Register.
The Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission, often called RIHPHC, is an agency run by the state of Rhode Island that aims to preserve the state's history and heritage. The commission works statewide to protect and upkeep historical buildings, districts, archæological sites and structures. It offers partial funding to those renovating or maintaining historical properties. It also has the role of establishing programs designed to record and celebrate the state's culture and heritage. RIHPHC has also published a series of publications on the history of each of Rhode Island's thirty nine communities and with a list of important historical places located in each.
The Hazard Farmstead is a historic archaeological site in Jamestown, Rhode Island. It is the location of a major American Indian settlement whose artifacts have been dated from 2,500 BC to 1,000 AD. It appeared to be occupied seasonally from late summer to fall, and was intensively used during those times.
Old Friends Archeological Site is an archaeological historical site in Jamestown, Rhode Island.
The Breezy Hill Site (RI-957) is a prehistoric archaeological site in Foster, Rhode Island. Finds at the site have been dated to 500–1000 AD, and included dentate stamped pottery fragments.
Cherry Valley Archeological Site, RI-279 is an archaeological site in Glocester, Rhode Island
The Furnace Hill Brook Historic and Archeological District in a historic district in Cranston, Rhode Island.
The Millrace Site, RI-1039 is an archaeological site near Scituate, Rhode Island.
Ochee Spring Quarry is an historic quarry in Johnston, Rhode Island. Located on a privately owned outcrop of land behind 787 Hartford Avenue, the quarry was a source of steatite (soapstone), a relatively soft stone easily workable into containers. Native Americans are known to have used this quarry. A study of the site conducted in the mid-1980s concluded that the quarry was probably worked in an organized manner, to produce containers in a variety of sizes. Items made from this quarry have been found across southern New England.
The Sassafras Site, designated RI-55, is a prehistoric archaeological site in Albion, a village of Lincoln, Rhode Island. The site was discovered by archaeologists while surveying an area for a potential replacement for the Albion Street bridge, which spans the Blackstone River between Lincoln and Cumberland. The site encompasses a regionally significant quartz stone tool workshop.
The Woonasquatucket River Site (RI-163) is a prehistoric archaeological site in Smithfield, Rhode Island. The site contains Late Archaic artifacts, primarily stone flakes indicative of stone toolmaking activity. It is located in the George Washington Grove Wildlife Management Area, near where the Farnum Pike crosses the Woonasquatucket River.
The YWCA Site is an archaeological site in North Kingstown, Rhode Island.
The Jireh Bull Blockhouse is an historic archaeological site on Middlebridge Road in South Kingstown, Rhode Island. In 1657 a blockhouse was built on the site by Jireh Bull, son of Rhode Island Governor Henry Bull. The stone garrison house was burned by the Native Americans in King Philip's War on December 15, 1675, and fifteen soldiers defending the fort were killed. The site was acquired by the Rhode Island Historical Society in 1925.
Devil's Foot Cemetery Archeological Site, RI-694 is an archaeological site in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
Hillsdale Historic and Archeological District is a historic district in Richmond, Rhode Island. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It represents the site of the former textile mill village of Hillsdale.
The Nursery Site, RI-273 is a prehistoric archaeological site in Westerly, Rhode Island. Located near the Westerly Airport, this site has yielded evidence of Woodland Period stone tool work.
Wyoming is a village and census-designated place on the Wood River in southern Rhode Island, primarily in the town of Richmond, Rhode Island, but extending north across the river into the town of Hopkinton, Rhode Island. The population was 270 at the 2010 census. It is the site of the Wyoming Village Historic District and a post office assigned ZIP code 02898.
The Moosup River Site (RI-1153) is an archaeological site in Coventry, Rhode Island. The site is located on a bluff overlooking the Moosup River in western Coventry, not far from the Connecticut state line. The site was identified and excavated in 1985, yielding a quartzite Neville point, and radiocarbon dates to 3050 BCE.
Trafalgar Site, RI-639 is a prehistoric archaeological site in Warwick, Rhode Island. The site's primary component is a shell midden. Finds at the site include stone tools, bone, and tools for working bone.
The Thomas Carr Farmstead Site is a historic archaeological site in Jamestown, Rhode Island. Located in the vicinity of Tashtassuc Road and Eldred Avenue, the site was the farmstead for the locally prominent Carr family from the late 18th century into the 19th century.
References
- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ↑ "Conference on New England Archaeology Newsletter, December 1984" (PDF). Retrieved December 11, 2016.
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