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
Governing body: U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
NRHP Reference#:

74000041

[1]
Added to NRHP: May 3, 1974

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 Revolution 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

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ a b c Rhode Island: a guide to the smallest state By Federal Writers' Project. Rhode Island (Houghton Mifflin company, 1937) pg. 423 http://books.google.com/books?id=ntN4AAAAMAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s

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