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December 19, 2007. The Westerly Downtown Historic District is a historic district encompassing most of the commercial and civic district of Westerly, Rhode Island, United States. It extends from Broad and Union Streets eastward along High Street, and north along Canal Street to Railroad Avenue, where it extends to include the historic railroad ...
Westerly. One of the earliest carousels still in use, dating to 1876. Horses suspended from chains rather than on poles, hence name. 4. Former Immaculate Conception Church. Former Immaculate Conception Church. April 24, 1973. ( #73000007) 119 High St.
Westerly is a town on the southwestern coastline of Washington County, Rhode Island, United States, first settled by English colonists in 1661, and incorporated as a municipality in 1669. Westerly is a beachfront community on the south shore of the state with a population of 23,359 as of the 2020 census. The Pawcatuck River flows on the western ...
Added to NRHP. May 7, 1973. Wilcox Park (14 acres (5.7 ha)) is a park and arboretum located at 44 High Street, Westerly, Rhode Island. It is open to the public from dawn to 9 pm, without fee, and has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1973 as Wilcox Park Historic District. The historic district includes 84 houses/buildings ...
The George Kent Performance Hall (known previously as the Immaculate Conception Church and the Westerly Center for the Arts) is a historic building in Westerly, Rhode Island. Description [ edit ] The building, a rectangular Carpenter Gothic structure, was built as a church in 1886-89 by Patrick Holliday for Immaculate Conception Parish http ...
High Watch, formerly named Holiday House but locally known as the Harkness House, is an 11,000 square feet (1,000 m 2) home situated in Watch Hill, a historic district in Westerly, Rhode Island. The most expensive private home in Rhode Island, [2] High Watch has been owned by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift since 2013 and is a subject ...
The Babcock–Smith House is a historic house in Westerly, Rhode Island . The house was built around 1734. [ 2] Dr. Joshua Babcock, a correspondent with Benjamin Franklin, lived in the house and hosted both Franklin and General George Washington at the home. Babcock served also as a general in the state militia, as a justice of the Rhode Island ...
January 9, 1978. The Main Street Historic District of Westerly, Rhode Island, encompasses a predominantly residential section of Main Street and adjoining Maple Avenue and School Street. The district includes nineteen houses, which are predominantly Greek Revival, Italianate, and Second Empire in style, as well as the Pawcatuck Seventh Day ...