Park Square, Rhode Island facts for kids

Stores in Park Square North Smithfield in 2008

The Plaza at Park Square in North Smithfield Rhode Island USA with old Pharmacy sign, featuring a mortar and pestle

Lady Queen of Martyrs field in Park Square on Park Avenue in Woonsocket Rhode Island, features an annual carnival

Park Square is an area on Rhode Island Route 146A in North Smithfield and Woonsocket, Rhode Island near the intersection of Park Avenue and Route 146A. It is 12 miles from Providence and near Union Village.

History

In the early twentieth century, Park Square was the site of Oak Knoll Farm, a large ice cream business which had been expanded by Charles Metcalf Smith. At that time, the Park Square area contained a diner, a gas station, an amusement park in North Smithfield, and in Woonsocket, a trolley barn and fairground, where an annual fair started being held in the 1860s by the Woonsocket Agricultural and Horticultural Society. A carnival is still held yearly in the area at a field owned by the Church of Lady Queen of Martyrs, and the Woonsocket High School football team plays on nearby Barry Field.

Images for kids

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  1774 Caleb Aldrich milestone on Rt. 146A near Landmark Hospital

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  2002 photo of the 1774 milestone