Barneyville Historic District

Barneyville Historic District
Location Swansea, Massachusetts
Coordinates 41°46′17″N 71°17′0″W / 41.77139°N 71.28333°WCoordinates: 41°46′17″N 71°17′0″W / 41.77139°N 71.28333°W
Area 27 acres (11 ha)
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Greek Revival, Federal, Ranch
Governing body Private
MPS Swansea MRA
NRHP Reference #

90000052

[1]
Added to NRHP February 16, 1990

The Barneyville Historic District is a predominantly residential historic district on Old Providence and Barneyville Roads in northwestern Swansea, Massachusetts. Although the area was first settled in the 17th century, it only began to grow as a proper village in the mid-18th century, when a bridge was built over the Palmer River to what is now Barrington, Rhode Island. It became known as a shipbuilding center after Jonathan Barney established a shipyard there in the 1770s. Barney's house still stands at 22-24 Barneyville Road, as do other houses of his descendants and relatives. In the 19th century the area developed as a center of the jewelry-making industry.[2]

The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Barneyville Historic District". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-06-25.