Cowesett Pound

Cowesett Pound
Location Warwick, Rhode Island
Coordinates 41°41′8″N 71°27′44″W / 41.68556°N 71.46222°W / 41.68556; -71.46222Coordinates: 41°41′8″N 71°27′44″W / 41.68556°N 71.46222°W / 41.68556; -71.46222
Built 1742
Architect David Greene
NRHP reference # 87000994 [1]
Added to NRHP September 4, 1987

The Cowesett Pound is an historic animal pound on Cowesett Road in Warwick, Rhode Island. The pound, a roughly square structure built of unmortarted fieldstone four to five feet in height, is estimated to have been built in 1742 by David Greene, although there was an older (probably wooden) pound already at the site. Its walls were probably once topped by capstones, but only one of these survives. The entrance to the pound has a wooden gate added during a 20th-century restoration.[2]

The pound was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Cowesett Pound" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-09-03.


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