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National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence County, Rhode Island facts for kids

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Providence County Rhode Island incorporated and unincorporated areas
Where Providence County is located in Rhode Island.

Providence County, Rhode Island, is home to many amazing places that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This special list includes buildings, areas, and objects that are important to American history, architecture, archaeology, engineering, or culture. Think of it like a Hall of Fame for historic sites!

In Providence County, there are 434 places on this list. Fifteen of these are even more special and are called National Historic Landmarks. These landmarks are considered to be of national importance. Many of these historic spots are in the cities of Pawtucket, Woonsocket, and Providence. This article will tell you about some of the cool historic places found in the other towns and communities across Providence County.

Historic Places You Can Explore

Many of these places are old homes, mills, or even entire neighborhoods that show us what life was like long ago.

Cool Buildings and Homes

  • 1761 Milestone: This old stone marker in Woonsocket (at 640 S. Main St.) is a reminder of how people used to mark distances on roads. It was added to the list on November 24, 1982.
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The 1761 Milestone in Woonsocket, Rhode Island.
  • Allendale Mill: Located at 494 Woonasquatucket Ave. in North Providence, this mill was listed on May 7, 1973. Mills like this were super important for making goods in the past.
Allendale Mill
The historic Allendale Mill.
  • Eleazer Arnold House: This house in Lincoln (on Great Rd.) is a National Historic Landmark! It was recognized on November 24, 1968, because it's a great example of an early American "stone-ender" house.
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The Eleazer Arnold House, a National Historic Landmark.
  • Peleg Arnold Tavern: Found on Woonsocket Hill Rd. in North Smithfield, this old tavern was a popular stop for travelers. It was added to the list on July 30, 1974.
Peleg Arnold tavern North Smithfield RI
The historic Peleg Arnold Tavern.
  • Bicknell-Armington Lightning Splitter House: This unique house at 3591 Pawtucket Ave. in East Providence was listed on November 28, 1980. It has a special design meant to protect it from lightning!
Bicknell—Armington Lightning Splitter House East Providence RI 2012
The Bicknell-Armington Lightning Splitter House.
  • Clemence-Irons House: Another very old house, located at 38 George Waterman Rd. in Johnston. It was listed on July 2, 1973, and shows us how people lived centuries ago.
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The Clemence-Irons House.
  • Hearthside: This beautiful home on Great Rd. in Lincoln was listed on April 24, 1973. It's a great example of old New England architecture.
Hearthside Lincoln Rhode Island
Hearthside, a historic home.
  • Gov. William Sprague Mansion: Located at 1351 Cranston St. in Cranston, this mansion belonged to a former governor. It was listed on February 18, 1971.
Governor William Sprague Mansion House at 1351 Cranston Street Cranston, Rhode Island RI USA
The Governor William Sprague Mansion.

Historic Districts and Villages

Some listings aren't just one building, but a whole area! These "historic districts" help preserve the look and feel of old communities.

  • Albion Historic District: This area in Lincoln was listed on July 19, 1984. It includes many old buildings and streets that show the history of the Albion community.
Albion Historic District
A view of the Albion Historic District.
  • Arnold Mills Historic District: East of Cumberland Hill in Cumberland, this district was listed on December 28, 1978. It's a charming area with historic homes and buildings.
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A street in the Arnold Mills Historic District.
  • Chepachet Village Historic District: This district in Glocester (along U.S. Route 44) was listed on March 31, 1971. It's a well-preserved village that looks much like it did in the past.
Chepachet general store
The general store in Chepachet Village Historic District.
  • Slatersville Historic District: In North Smithfield, this district (including Main, Green, Church, and School Sts.) was listed on April 24, 1973. It's one of the earliest planned mill villages in the United States.
Slatersville Common and Church
The common and church in Slatersville Historic District.

Other Interesting Places

  • Blackstone Canal: This long canal stretches through several towns, including Lincoln, Cumberland, Woonsocket, and North Smithfield. It was first listed on May 6, 1971, and was very important for transporting goods in the 1800s.
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A section of the historic Blackstone Canal.
  • Crescent Park Looff Carousel: Located in Riverside Park in East Providence, this beautiful carousel is a National Historic Landmark! It was built in 1895 and is known for its amazing craftsmanship. It was listed on April 21, 1976.
Crescent Park Carousel, East Providence, RI
The famous Crescent Park Looff Carousel.
  • Pomham Rocks Light Station: This lighthouse on Riverside Rd. in East Providence was listed on July 9, 1979. Lighthouses are important for guiding ships safely.
Pomham Rocks Light in East Providence, Rhode Island
The Pomham Rocks Light Station.
  • Woonsocket Civil War Monument: Found in Monument Sq. in Woonsocket, this monument honors those who fought in the Civil War. It was listed on November 24, 1982.
Woonsocket Civil War Monument
The Civil War Monument in Woonsocket.
  • Second Battle of Nipsachuck Battlefield: This site in North Smithfield was added to the list on August 22, 2016. It's where an important battle took place during King Philip's War, a major conflict between Native Americans and English colonists in the 1670s.

Former Listing

Sometimes, a historic place can be removed from the National Register if it's destroyed or loses its historic importance.

  • Woonsocket Opera House: This building at 37-45 N. Main St. in Woonsocket was once listed on the National Register in 1973. Sadly, it was destroyed by a fire on September 22, 1975, and was later removed from the list.

Images for kids

  • WoonsocketRI AllenStreet 01

    Allen Street Historic District

  • Allenville Mill Storehouse

    Allenville Mill Storehouse

  • ScituateRI AndrewsLutherFarm

    Andrews-Luther Farm

  • JohnstonRI DanielAngellHouse

    Daniel Angell House

  • Angell-Ballou House Smithfield front 2013

    Angell-Ballou House

  • Arkwright Bridge RI

    Arkwright Bridge

  • ScituateRI DexterArnoldFarmstead

    Dexter Arnold Farmstead

  • LincolnRI IsraelArnoldHouse

    Israel Arnold House

  • John Arnold House Woonsocket, Rhode Island RI

    John Arnold House

  • Ashton Mill Village

    Ashton Historic District

  • LincolnRI BallouHouse

    Ballou House

  • CumberlandRI BallouWeatherheadHouse

    Ballou-Weatherhead House

  • ScituateRI BatteyBardenHouse

    Battey-Barden House

  • Belknap School, Johnston RI

    Belknap School

  • Berkeley Mill RI

    Berkeley Mill Village

  • Bernon Worsted Mill, Woonsocket RI

    Bernon Worsted Mill

  • East Providence Arch Bridge

    Boston and Providence Railroad Bridge

  • FosterRI BordersFarm2

    Borders Farm

  • PascoagRI BridgetonSchool

    Bridgeton School

  • Bridgham Farm

    Bridgham Farm

  • JohnstonRI BrownAvenueHD 2

    Brown Avenue Historic District

  • CumberlandRI BurlingameNoonHouse

    Burlingame-Noon House

  • Lakeside Cemetery East Providence RI

    Carpenter, Lakeside, and Springvale Cemeteries

  • WoonsocketRI CatoHill ChurchStreet

    Cato Hill Historic District

  • Central Falls Congregational Church 2013

    Central Falls Congregational Church

  • Central Falls Mill District

    Central Falls Mill Historic District

  • Central Street School from southwest

    Central Street School

  • ClayvilleRI OldSchool

    Clayville Historic District

  • CumberlandRI JohnColeFarm

    John Cole Farm

  • 104 Clay Street, Central Falls RI

    Samuel B. Conant House

  • Conant Thread Mills

    Conant Thread-Coats & Clark Mill Complex District

  • ScituateRI AmosCookeHouse

    Amos Cooke House

  • Cornell Randall Bailey Roadhouse, Johnston RI

    Cornell-Randall-Bailey Roadhouse

  • Nathaniel Daggett House front view 2013

    Nathaniel Daggett House

  • WoonsocketRI HenryDarlingHouse

    Henry Darling House

  • James Dennis House East Providence RI 2012

    James Dennis House

  • District 6 Schoolhouse East Providence RI 2012

    District 6 Schoolhouse

  • FosterRI CaptGeorgeDorranceHouse

    Capt. George Dorrance House

  • JohnstonRI EddyHomestead

    Eddy Homestead

  • Charles D Richmond House, Cranston RI

    Edgewood Historic District-Arnold Farm Plat

  • William Smith House, Cranston RI

    Edgewood Historic District-Taft Estate Plat

  • George Babbitt House, Cranston RI

    Edgewood Historic District-Shaw Plat

  • Carol in Rhode Island

    Edgewood Yacht Club

  • LincolnRI ElliotHarrisMinerHouse

    Elliot-Harris-Miner House

  • 22 Elinora

    Elm Tree Plat Historic District

  • BurrillvilleRI EstenBowenHouse

    Esten-Bowen House

  • David G. Fales House corner view

    David G. Fales House

  • JohnstonRI EdwinHFarnumHouse

    Edwin H. Farnum House

  • Thomas Fenner House in Cranston Rhode Island

    Thomas Fenner House

  • Forestdale RI mill block

    Forestdale Mill Village Historic District

  • Foster Rhode Island Town Building

    Foster Center Historic District

  • French Worsted Mills

    French Worsted Company Mill Historic District

  • CumberlandRI AbbottRunBelowArnoldMills

    Furnace Carolina Site

  • CranstonRI 1812FoundryRuins 2

    Furnace Hill Brook Historic and Archeological District

  • WoonsocketRI AlphonseGaulinJrHouse

    Alphonse Gaulin Jr. House

  • Georgiaville Mill

    Georgiaville Historic District

  • Glenark Mill

    Glenark Mills

  • Glocester Town Pound Rhode Island

    Glocester Town Pound

  • LincolnRI GreatRoad MoffettMill

    Great Road Historic District

  • Benjamin F. Greene House Central Falls RI

    Benjamin F. Greene House

  • NorthProvidenceRI GreystoneMillHousing3

    Greystone Historic District

  • Greystone Mills

    Greystone Mill Historic District

  • Grove Street Elementary School, Woonsocket RI

    Grove Street Elementary School

  • Hanora Mills, Woonsocket RI

    Hanora Mills

  • Harmony Chapel

    Harmony Chapel and Cemetery

  • Harris curved warehouse

    Harris Warehouse

  • HarrisvilleRI Jct107And98

    Harrisville Historic District

  • Holy Trinity Church Central Falls RI from an old Postcard

    Holy Trinity Church Complex

  • WoonsocketRI 110-114MainStreet

    Honan's Block and 112-114 Main Street

  • Hope Street School, Woonsocket RI

    Hope Street School

  • Hope Mill RI

    Hope Village Historic District

  • JohnstonRI ThomasHughesHouse

    Thomas H. Hughes House

  • Market Square Woonsocket RI

    Island Place Historic District

  • Jenckes House on Jenckes Hill Road Lincoln

    Jenckes House (Jenckes Hill Road)

  • LincolnRI JenckesHouse OldLouisquissetPike

    Jenckes House (Old Louisquisset Pike)

  • WoonsocketRI JenckesMansion

    Jenckes Mansion

  • Cogswell Tower, Central Falls RI

    Jenks Park & Cogswell Tower

  • CumberlandRI LukeJillsonHouse

    Luke Jillson House

  • CranstonRI JoyHomestead

    Joy Homestead

  • WoonsocketRI JulesDesurmontWorstedCompanyMill

    Jules Desurmont Worsted Company Mill

  • Knightsville Meetinghouse Church in Knightsville in Cranston, Rhode Island RI USA

    Knightsville Meetinghouse

  • L'Eglise du Precieux Sang

    L'Eglise du Precieux Sang

  • ValentineWhitman

    Limerock Village Historic District

  • CranstonRI LippittHillHD 1

    Lippitt Hill Historic District

  • LittleNeckCemetery-7255

    Little Neck Cemetery

  • Logee House, Woonsocket RI

    Logee House

  • LincolnRI LonsdaleAnnAndHopeMill

    Lonsdale Historic District

  • NorthProvidenceRI LymansvilleMillComplex 2

    Lymansville Company Mill

  • Downtown Woonsocket Historic District

    Main Street Historic District

  • GlocesterRI MantonHuntFarnumFarm 1

    Manton-Hunt-Farnum Farm

  • Manville Housing

    Manville Company Worker Housing Historic District

  • Mathewson Farm, Johnston RI

    Mathewson Farm

  • CumberlandRI FranklinFarm

    Metcalf-Franklin Farm

  • FosterRI MoosupValleyChurch

    Moosup Valley Historic District

  • Rhode Island Greening original apple tree in Foster RI

    Mt. Hygeia

  • FosterRI MountVernonTavern

    Mount Vernon Tavern

  • Tyler Mowry House in North Smithfield Rhode Island

    Tyler Mowry House

  • William Mowry House at 622 Greenville Road in North Smithfield, Rhode Island USA

    William Mowry House

  • Newman Cemetery East Providence RI 2012

    Newman Cemetery

  • Newman Congregational Church East Providence RI 2012

    Newman Congregational Church

  • FosterRI HopkinsMillsUnionChurch

    Hopkins Mill Historic District

  • WoonsocketRI NorthEndHD 02

    North End Historic District

  • Edgewood Manor Inn, Cranston RI

    Norwood Avenue Historic District

  • CranstonRI OakLawnHD 3

    Oak Lawn Village Historic District

  • OaklandRI BrickHouse

    Oakland Historic District

  • Soapstone Quarry, Johnston RI

    Ochee Spring Quarry

  • Oddfellows' Hall, East Providence, RI 2012

    Oddfellow's Hall

  • LincolnRI OldAshton KelleyHouse BlackstoneCanal

    Old Ashton Historic District

  • Old Congregational Church Scituate RI

    Old Congregational Church

  • NorthProvidenceRI StephenOlneyHouse

    Capt. Stephen Olney House

  • PascoagRI PascoagGrammarSchool

    Pascoag Grammar School

  • Former site of Patterson Brothers Commercial Building Cumberland RI

    Patterson Brothers Commercial Building and House

  • Pawtuxet Baptist Church, Pawtuxet RI

    Pawtuxet Village Historic District

  • Phillipsdale National Register Historic District

    Phillipsdale Historic District

  • WoonsocketRI PhilmontWorstedCompanyMill

    Philmont Worsted Company Mill

  • JohnstonRI PocassetWorstedCompanyMill 2

    Pocasset Worsted Company Mill

  • WoonsocketRI PothierHouse

    Pothier House

  • Pullen Corner School Lincoln RI

    Pullen Corner School

  • EastProvidenceRI RichmondPaperCompanyMillComplex

    Richmond Paper Company Mill Complex

  • Rosedale Apartments, Cranston RI

    Rosedale Apartments

  • 9 Florence

    Rose Land Park Plat Historic District

  • Rumford Complex RI

    Rumford Chemical Works and Mill House Historic District

  • Bridgham Memorial Library Rumford hist dist

    Rumford Historic District

  • St. Andrews Episcopal Chapel in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA

    St. Andrews Episcopal Chapel

  • St. Ann's Church, Woonsocket RI

    St. Ann's Church Complex

  • St. Charles Borromeo Church Complex Woonsocket, Rhode Island

    St. Charles Borromeo Church Complex

  • St. Joseph's Church, Cumberland RI-2

    St. Joseph's Church Complex

  • St. Mary's Episcopal Church East Providence RI 2012

    St. Mary's Episcopal Church

  • St Matthews Church-2013

    St. Matthew's Church

  • Saint Thomas Episcopal Church

    Saint Thomas Episcopal Church and Rectory

  • Sassafras Site

    Sassafras Site, RI-55

  • Quaker meeting house built in 1704 in Lincoln RI

    Saylesville Meetinghouse

  • CranstonRI SheldonHouse

    Sheldon House

  • NorthProvidenceRI JosephSmithHouse

    Joseph Smith House

  • Smith Appleby House-side view 2013

    Smith-Appleby House

  • Smithballou

    Smith-Ballou House

  • Smithfield Exchange Bank Rhode Island

    Smithfield Exchange Bank

  • Smithfield Friends Meeting House

    Smithfield Friends Meeting House, Parsonage & Cemetery

  • NorthSmithfieldRI SmithfieldRoadHD 2

    Smithfield Road Historic District

  • Smithville Seminary

    Smithville Seminary

  • North Scituate Baptist Church Rhode Island

    Smithville-North Scituate

  • South Central Falls Historic District

    South Central Falls Historic District

  • WoonsocketRI SouthMainStreet 4

    South Main Street Historic District

  • Squantum from Nun 22 Providence River

    Squantum Association

  • Stadium Theater Building Woonsocket Rhode Island

    Stadium Building

  • Ira B. Sweet House front

    Ira B. Sweet House

  • Moses Taft House, Burrillville RI

    Moses Taft House

  • NorthSmithfieldRI ThreeDogSiteVicinity

    Three Dog Site, RI-151

  • Todd Farm House in North Smithfield Rhode Island RI

    Todd Farm

  • CumberlandRI LewisTowerHouse

    Lewis Tower House

  • YMCA-PO Woonsocket

    U.S. Post Office (Woonsocket)

  • Seth Allen Tavern

    Union Village Historic District

  • Valley Falls Mill

    Valley Falls Mill

  • Philip Walker House in East Providence RI

    Phillip Walker House

  • Waterman-Winsor Farm on Austin Avenue in Greenville RI Rhode Island

    Waterman-Winsor Farm

  • CranstonRI Westcote

    Westcote

  • CranstonRI NathanWestcottHouse

    Nathan Westcott House

  • NorthProvidenceRI WhippleAngellBennettHouse

    Whipple-Angell-Bennett House

  • LincolnRI WhippleCullenHouse

    Whipple-Cullen House and Barn

  • CumberlandRI WhippleJenckesHouse

    Whipple-Jenckes House

  • EastProvidenceRI WhitcombFarm

    Whitcomb Farm

  • WoonsocketRI FrankWilburHouse

    Frank Wilbur House

  • SmithfieldRI StephenWinsorHouseSouthLawn

    Stephen Winsor House

  • CranstonRI AradWoodHouse

    Arad Wood House

  • SmithfieldRI WoonasquatucketRiverNearWashingtonHwy

    Woonasquatucket River Site (RI-163)

  • Woonsocket City Hall

    Woonsocket City Hall

  • Woonsocket Mills HABS RI1

    Woonsocket Company Mill Complex

  • Woonsocket District Courthouse, Woonsocket RI

    Woonsocket District Courthouse

  • WoonsocketRI FormerRubberCompanyMill

    Woonsocket Rubber Company Mill

  • World War I Memorial, Taunton Street, East Providence 2012-2

    World War I Memorial

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