Gaspee Point

Gaspee Point
Gaspee Point in 1852
Location: Warwick, Rhode Island
Built: 1772
Governing body: Private
NRHP Reference#:

72000018

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Added to NRHP: June 8, 1972

Gaspee Point is an historic site off Namquid Drive in Warwick, Rhode Island.

Gaspee Point was the site of one of the first hostilities of the American Revolution where American colonists attacked and burned the British ship the Gaspee near the Point in 1772. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

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