Little Compton Common Historic District
Appearance
Little Compton Common Historic District | |
Location | Little Compton, Rhode Island |
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Architect | Unknown |
Architectural style | Greek Revival, Late Victorian |
NRHP reference No. | 74000041 [1] |
Added to NRHP | May 3, 1974 |
The Little Compton Common Historic District (or Little Compton Commons) is a historic district in Little Compton, Rhode Island.
The area features a various Greek Revival and Victorian buildings, a Congregational church and a town common, one of only two remaining in Rhode Island. The common contains a large colonial cemetery with many graves, including those of American Revolutionary War veterans and other notable individuals.[2] The area was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]
Notable people buried in the Cemetery
- Benjamin Church (ranger), King Philip's War hero, father of United States Army Rangers[2]
- Elizabeth Pabodie first white woman born in New England, the daughter of Mayflower Pilgrims[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ a b c Rhode Island: a guide to the smallest state By Federal Writers' Project. Rhode Island: Houghton Mifflin company. 1937. p. 423.
External links
Media related to Little Compton Commons at Wikimedia Commons
- United Congregational Church in Little Compton
- Wilson Riley Buxton, Roswell Beebe Burchard, The Two-hundredth anniversary of the organization of the United Congregational Church, Little Compton, Rhode Island, September 7, 1904 (United Congregational Society, 1906) AVAILABLE ONLINE
41°30′34″N 71°10′19″W / 41.50949°N 71.17194°W
Categories:
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
- Historic districts in Newport County, Rhode Island
- Little Compton, Rhode Island
- Cemeteries in Rhode Island
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
- National Register of Historic Places in Newport County, Rhode Island
- Newport County, Rhode Island Registered Historic Place stubs
- Rhode Island religious building and structure stubs