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Moswansicut Pond Site, RI-960
Moswansicut Pond Site, RI-960 is an historic site in Scituate, Rhode Island Scituate () is a town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 10,384 at the 2020 census. History Scituate was first settled in 1710 by emigrants from Scituate, Massachusetts. The original spelling of the town's nam ... The site offers prehistoric archaeological evidence and was added to the National Historic Register on September 12, 1985. References Scituate, Rhode Island National Register of Historic Places in Providence County, Rhode Island Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island {{ProvidenceCountyRI-NRHP-stub ...
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Scituate, Rhode Island
Scituate () is a town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 10,384 at the 2020 census. History Scituate was first settled in 1710 by emigrants from Scituate, Massachusetts. The original spelling of the town's name was " Satuit", a native Indian word meaning "cold brook" or "cold river." The town was a part of Providence until 1731. Scituate's first town meeting was held at the Angell Tavern in South Scituate, with Stephen Hopkins elected as the first moderator and Joseph Brown as clerk. Stephen Hopkins later became a governor of Rhode Island and was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. His brother, Esek Hopkins, was Commander in Chief of the Continental Navy beginning in 1776. In 1788 Scituate representative, militia general and Supreme Court Justice William West led an armed anti-federalist mob of farmers into Providence to protest the U.S. Constitution. In 1791 the U.S. Supreme Court decided its first case, '' West v. Barnes'', ...
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National Register Of Historic Places In Providence County, Rhode Island
__NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence County, Rhode Island. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Providence 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. There are 434 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 15 National Historic Landmarks. The cities of Pawtucket, Woonsocket, and Providence include 57, 43, and 169 of these properties and districts — including 1 and 12 National Historic Landmarks — respectively; they are listed separately. Properties and districts located in the county's other municipalities, including 2 National Historic Landmarks, are listed here. The Blackstone Canal, which extends through Providence, Pawtucket, Woonsocket, and other communities ...
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