Little_Compton_Common

Little Compton Common Historic District

Little Compton Common Historic District

Historic church in Rhode Island, United States

41.50949°N 71.17194°W / 41.50949; -71.17194

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The Little Compton Commons Historic District, or Little Compton Commons, is a historic district in Little Compton, Rhode Island. It is a triangular area roughly bounded by School House Lane to the north, South Commons Road to the east, and Meeting House Lane to the south. Properties continue to the west on West Road.[2]

History

The United Congregational Church (built 1832)

The district features a variety of Greek Revival and Victorian buildings, including the United Congregational Church, whose tall steeple dominates the landscape; the First Methodist Meeting House; the Little Compton Town Hall and a former schoolhouse, now connected; Sakonnet Lodge, formerly a Methodist Church; the Little Compton Community Center, formerly Grange Hall; the Brownell Library; a restaurant; and C. R. Wilbur's General Merchandise store; among others.[2]

At the center of the district is the town common itself; one of only two remaining in Rhode Island. It contains a large colonial cemetery with many graves, including those of American Revolutionary War veterans and other notable individuals.[3] Nearby is Union Cemetery – also part of the historic district – which features a Civil War Memorial.

The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]

Notable burials

  • Parsonage of the Congregational Church, originally the First Methodist Meeting House (built in 1824 and moved in 1839)
  • The Little Compton Town Hall (1880)
  • C. R. Wilbur's General Merchandise (built c. 1840)
  • The Brownell Library (built 1929), home of the Little Compton Public Library

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. [2]
    "Little Compton Common nomination form"
  3. [3]
    Rhode Island: a guide to the smallest state By Federal Writers' Project. Rhode Island: Houghton Mifflin company. 1937. p. 423.
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