Great Road Historic District

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Great Road Historic District
(U.S. Registered Historic District)
Arnold House, 1687, on Great Road in Lincoln, Rhode Island
Arnold House, 1687, on Great Road in Lincoln, Rhode Island
Location: Lincoln, Rhode Island
Coordinates: 41°54′10″N 71°25′14″W / 41.90278, -71.42056Coordinates: 41°54′10″N 71°25′14″W / 41.90278, -71.42056
Built/Founded: 1683
Architect: numerous
Architectural style(s): Colonial, Federal, Victorian
NRHP Reference#: [1]

The Great Road Historic District is a Historic District in northern Rhode Island and Rhode Island's oldest highway dating back to 1683. It sits on the east side of the Blackstone River home to America's earliest industry, such as nearby Slater Mill. Great Road served as the main connection between Providence, Hartford and Worcester during colonial times.

Great Road stretches across Lincoln, Rhode Island and several nearby communities and passes by numerous registered historic places such as the Eleazer Arnold house, a stone-ender built in 1687, and passes by historic Union Village in North Smithfield where the road is known as Smithfield Road Historic District and near Limerock, Rhode Island, where much of the state's early limestone was mined.

[edit] Reference and external links

  1. ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
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