Edgewood Historic District–Shaw Plat

	Edgewood Historic District-Shaw Plat
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
Location	Shaw and Marion Aves., parts of Narragansett Boulevard, and Broad St., Cranston, Rhode Island
Area	25 acres (10 ha)
NRHP reference No.	13000120
Added to NRHP	March 27, 2013

The Edgewood Historic District—Shaw Plat is a residential historic district in the Edgewood neighborhood of northeastern Cranston, Rhode Island. It is bounded by Broad Street on the west, Marion Avenue on the south, and Narragansett Bay on the east; it consists of the properties that line the parallel streets, Shaw and Marion Avenues, and the short section of Narragansett Boulevard that runs between Shaw and Marion Avenues. On the north it abuts the separately-listed Edgewood Historic District-Arnold Farm Plat. The area was platted out between 1867 and 1895, with construction of most of its housing taking place between 1867 and the start of World War II, with the most construction going on between 1895 and 1930. Housing styles range from Queen Anne and Colonial Revival styling to 20th century styles from Bungalow to Ranch. The district also includes the previously listed Edgewood Yacht Club.^[2]

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.^[1]

Most of the houses in the 25-acre district were built between 1880 and 1962, with the prevailing architectural types and styles being Queen Anne, Shingle, Colonial Revival, Bungalow, Four-Square, Dutch Colonial, English Cottage, Garrison Colonial, Ranch and Modern.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
^ "NRHP nomination for Edgewood Historic District-Shaw Plat" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-04-09.
^ Dunn, Christine (22 May 2013). "Edgewood's Shaw Plat added to National Register". Providence Journal. Retrieved 31 May 2015.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.

[NRHP-2] "NRHP nomination for Edgewood Historic District-Shaw Plat" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-04-09.

[3] Dunn, Christine (22 May 2013). "Edgewood's Shaw Plat added to National Register". Providence Journal. Retrieved 31 May 2015.

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