Little Compton Common Historic District

Little Compton Common Historic District
Common in 2008
Location Little Compton, Rhode Island
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Greek Revival, Late Victorian
NRHP reference # 74000041 [1]
Added to NRHP May 3, 1974

The Little Compton Common Historic District (or Little Compton Commons) is a historic district in Little Compton, Rhode Island.

The area features a various Greek Revival and Victorian buildings, a Congregational church and a town common, one of only two remaining in Rhode Island. The common contains a large colonial cemetery with many graves, including those of American Revolutionary War veterans and other notable individuals.[2] The area was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]

Notable people buried in the Cemetery

See also

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 Rhode Island: a guide to the smallest state By Federal Writers' Project. Rhode Island: Houghton Mifflin company. 1937. p. 423.

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Coordinates: 41°30′34″N 71°10′19″W / 41.50949°N 71.17194°W / 41.50949; -71.17194


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