Talk:Usquepaug Road Historic District

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This Historic District is in the town of South Kingstown. It is not Usquepaug, which is in Richmond. Redirection to South Kingstown is not ideal, but better than what existed. --Orlady (talk) 16:43, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Usquepaug is another one of those villages built along a river, which happens to be a town line. It appears that it is in both Richmond and South Kingstown. For what it's worth, the GNIS gives the same location for Usquepaug (populated place) and Usquepaug Road Historic District (park). --Polaron | Talk 18:12, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Follow-up: A map of historic districts in the area does show that the designated portion is the eastern extreme of the village only, roughly RI 138 in South Kingstown between Old Usquepaug Rd and Dugway Bridge Rd. So, while the village may be in both towns, the historic district is only a strip of the main road on the South Kingstown side. --Polaron | Talk 18:22, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, the HD shows up on the South Kingstown side of the town line in the town historic district maps: http://www.edc.uri.edu/restoration/images/maps/richmond_historic.pdf and http://www.edc.uri.edu/restoration/images/maps/southkingstown_historic.pdf . Since the village article identifies the village as being in Richmond while the HD is in South Kingstown, the village article is not a good place to redirect the HD title. Additionally, the village article's NRHP infobox is illustrated with a photo of the Kenyon Grist Mill, but it's not apparent to me that it's part of the HD (I can't find it in the state's contributing properties database). --Orlady (talk) 19:24, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I found Kenyon's Grist Mill described as being in South Kingstown in http://www.preservation.ri.gov/pdfs_zips_downloads/survey_pdfs/south_kingstown.pdf , but the "west shore" description is possibly more consistent with its being in Richmond:

"Kenyon’s Grist Mill 1886; Glen Rock Road: A 2-story, frame structure, with a low-pitched gable roof, sited along the west shore of Glen Rock mill pond. There is a later addition at the rear that covers a mill trench. Kenyon Grist Mills, using three sets of stones to manufacture jonny cake meal as well as a variety of other stone-ground flours and meals, is an excellent operating example of the late 19th century grist mills which served the needs of Rhode Island’s rural areas. 1895- Grist Mill." --Orlady (talk) 19:39, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Usquepaug village is described at length on pages 80-81 (page 106 of the PDF) of that same source. --Orlady (talk) 19:44, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]