The Thomas Carr Farmstead Site (Keeler Site RI-707) is a historic archaeological site in

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. Located in the vicinity of Tashtassuc Road (the connector road paralleling

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) and Eldred Avenue, the site was the farmstead for the locally prominent Carr family from the late 18th century into the 19th century. The site added to the

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in 1984.

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