Furnace Hill Brook Historic and Archeological District
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Furnace Hill Brook Historic and Archeological District | |
| Nearest city | Cranston, Rhode Island |
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| Built | 1800 |
| Architect | Unknown |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| Governing body | Local |
| NRHP Reference # |
80000097 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 6, 1980 |
The Furnace Hill Brook Historic and Archeological District in a historic district in Cranston, Rhode Island.
The site features archaeological industrial remains dating from the early 19th century, as well as a series of prehistoric Native American settlements, dating from the Late Archaic to the Early Woodland periods.[2] One major locus of the Native settlements, a knoll at the confluence of Furnace Hill Brook, Church Brook, and Meshanticut Brook, was destroyed in 1967 by the construction of a highway cloverleaf (the interchange between I-295 and Rhode Island Route 37), although salvage archaeology was successful in obtaining some artifacts.[3] Further up Furnace Hill Brook are the remains of an iron foundry established in 1812.
The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 6, 1980.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23.
- ↑ "Bulletin of the Archaeological Society of Connecticut, Number 61 (1998)". Archaeological Society of Connecticut. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
- ↑ "Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society, Vol. 30 No. 2 (January 1969)". University of Bridgewater. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
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