The Artillery Park (also known as the Churchyard Cemetery and Historical Cemetery 2) is a historic cemetery at North Road and Narragansett Avenue in
Jamestown, Rhode Island
Jamestown is a town in Newport County, Rhode Island in the United States. The population was 5,559 at the 2020 census. Jamestown is situated almost entirely on Conanicut Island, the second largest island in Narragansett Bay. It also includes the u ...
. It is located at a high point on the southern part of
Conanicut Island. The cemetery was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
History
It was originally laid out in 1656 as a burying ground and militia training ground, but appears to have been used as a burying ground only since the 1740s. When British forces occupied the island in 1776, there was a brief skirmish there, and the British afterward used the area as a military staging ground.
See also
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Newport County, Rhode Island
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List of cemeteries in Rhode Island
References
External links
Jamestown Philomenian Library – Historic and Architectural Resources of Jamestown, Rhode Island!-- via www.archive.org -->
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{{National Register of Historic Places
Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
1656 establishments in Rhode Island
Jamestown, Rhode Island
National Register of Historic Places in Newport County, Rhode Island