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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1833/00/00 Workers housing is built at 31 King Street by the East Greenwich Manufacturing Company, owned by three brothers: Samuel, Thomas and Earl Peirce, who are cordwainers, or shoemakers.
1835/00/00 William Gibbs McNeill Engineer A double-arch, granite bridge is erected at the Greenwich Cove end of King Street to carry the Providence and Stonington Railroad, 1835-1836.
1838/00/00 George Arnold Brayton Work Due to financial difficulties, six properties of the Greenwich Manufacturing Company are transferred to a trustee George Brayton who is tasked to settle the affairs of the company.
1839/07/00 George Arnold Brayton Work Joseph C Sanford of North Kingstown and Resolved Waterman and Stephen Arnold, both of Providence, buy six properties owned by the Greenwich Manufacturing Co from trustee George Brayton.

Places

PlaceAsNotedInType
PlaceAsNotedInType
Armory of the Kentish Guards
  • NRHP
Col Micah Whitmarsh House
  • NRHP
Gen James Mitchell Varnum House
  • NRHP
Kent County Courthouse
  • NRHP
Windmill Cottage
  • NRHP

Data »

Particulars for East Greenwich Historic District:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Area of Significance Business
Area of Significance Commerce
Area of Significance Engineering
Criteria Exemplar
Architectural Style Federal Style
Architectural Style Gothic Revival
Architectural Style Greek Revival
Sight Category Historic District
Area of Significance Military
Area of Significance Politics-government
Historic Use Single dwelling
Historic Use Water Works



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 13th June 1974

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: East Greenwich Historic District
Registry Address: Roughly bounded by Kenyon Ave., Division, Peirce, London Sts., Greenwich Cove and Dark Entry Brook
Registry Number: 74000036
Resource Type: District
Owner: Private, Local
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: Gothic, Greek revival, Federal
Area in Acres: 163
Contributing Buildings: 300
Non-Contributing Buildings: 42
Contributing Sites: 1
Contributing Structures: 2
Other Certification: Additional documentation
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Commerce, Engineering, Military, Politics-government, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1650-1699, 1700-1749, 1750-1799
Significant Year: 1677
Historic Function: Domestic, Industry, processing, extraction, Commerce, Trade
Historic Sub-Function: Water works, Single dwelling, Business
Current Function: Domestic, Commerce, Trade, Industry, processing, extraction
Current Sub-Function: Single dwelling Business

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