Tower-Flagg Barn Complex

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Tower-Flagg Barn Complex
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Location Cumberland, Rhode Island
Coordinates 41°57′33″N71°23′34″W / 41.95917°N 71.39278°W / 41.95917; -71.39278 Coordinates: 41°57′33″N71°23′34″W / 41.95917°N 71.39278°W / 41.95917; -71.39278
NRHP reference # 98000574 [1]
Added to NRHP May 20, 1998

The Tower-Flagg Barn Complex is (or was) a historic site in Cumberland, Rhode Island at 100 Abbott Run Valley Road. Its most significant feature was a barn complex whose oldest section was an English barn that was probably constructed in the second half of the 18th century. If so, it would have been built by Benjamin Tower, whose family owned the land from the late 17th century into the early 19th century. In 1895 the property was acquired by Charles Flagg, notable in Rhode Island as influential in the founding of what is now the University of Rhode Island. [2]

Cumberland, Rhode Island Town in Rhode Island, United States

Cumberland is the northeasternmost town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States, first settled in 1635 and incorporated in 1746. The population was 33,506 at the 2010 census.

English barn

The English barn, or three bay barn, is a barn style that was most popular in the northeast region of the USA, but are the most widespread barn type in America. This barn type is, with the New World Dutch barn the oldest type and has been called the "...grandfather of the American barn." New barns in this style were constructed for over a century, from the 1770s through the 1900s.

University of Rhode Island university in Rhode Island, USA

The University of Rhode Island, commonly referred to as URI, is the flagship public research as well as the land grant and sea grant university for the state of Rhode Island. Its main campus is located in the village of Kingston in southern Rhode Island. Additionally, smaller campuses include the Feinstein Campus in Providence, the Rhode Island Nursing Education Center in Providence, the Narragansett Bay Campus in Narragansett, and the W. Alton Jones Campus in West Greenwich.

The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. [1] C. 2013, the property had been cleared of old buildings and a new residential subdivision was built on the land.

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence County, Rhode Island Wikimedia list article

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence County, Rhode Island.

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Tower-Flagg Barn Complex" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-08-04.