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Both sides of Central Street from 5th Ave. to Boon St. 41°25′46″N 71°27′44″W / 41.429444°N 71.462222°W / 41.429444; -71.462222 ( Central Street Historic Narragansett
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map. [1]
Since Rhode Island has no county level of government, cities and towns provide services commonly performed by county governments in other states. [4] The state's cities and towns may adopt one of four forms of government: council–manager, mayor–council, town council–town meeting, or administrator–council. [5]
Roughly bounded by Windsor Rd., Narragansett Bay, Circuit Dr., and Broad St.; E. side of Narragansett Blvd. between Windsor Rd. & Ocean Ave. 41°46′14″N 71°23′27″W / 41.770556°N 71.390833°W / 41.770556; -71.390833 ( Edgewood Historic District-Taft Estate
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 563 square miles (1,460 km 2), of which 329 square miles (850 km 2) is land and 234 square miles (610 km 2) (41%) is water. [10] It is the largest county in Rhode Island by total area. The county's topography ranges from flat along the shoreline to gently rolling hills farther ...
These lands served as the Narragansett reservation between 1709 and 1880, when the tribe sold the land to the state and was formally detribalized. Because of this long period of Native occupation, the area is archaeologically important, containing both historic and prehistoric artifacts. [ 3 ]
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The Towers Historic District is a historic district in Narragansett, Rhode Island, encompassing a city block bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, Exchange Place, Mathewson and Taylor Streets. It is centered on The Towers, the surviving remnant of the Narragansett Casino, built 1883-86 to a design by McKim, Mead & White. This area was always near the ...