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Colt State Park

Colt State Park is a public recreation area that occupies 464 acres (188 ha) on Poppasquash Neck in the town of Bristol, Rhode Island, once owned by industrialist Samuel P. Colt, nephew of firearms manufacturer Samuel Colt. The park is a major component of the Poppasquash Farms Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is a stop on the East Bay Bike Path. The park includes trails, picnic groves, boat ramps, an observation tower, and an open air Chapel-by-the-Sea. History Beginning in 1905, Samuel P. Colt purchased and consolidated the Chase, Church and Van Wickle farms. He built a summer house, the "Casino," on the grounds as well as a magnificent stone barn to accommodate a prize herd of Jersey cattle. The summer house was demolished in the 1960s while the stone cow barn survives. A pair of life-size bull statues, named Conrad and Pomeroy, stand guard at the main entrance gate on Hope Street. The marble bases which support the bronze bulls are believed to have been modeled after the approach gates to French King Louis XV's château Petit Trianon at Versailles and were unveiled in 1913. The gate bears the inscription: "Colt Farm. Private Property, Public Welcome." At Colt's death in 1921, the lands passed to his Industrial Trust Company. According to the provisions of Colt's will, the farm was to remain open to the public in perpetuity. Over the years, the grounds suffered from vandalism, and a number of statues were destroyed or stolen. Many of Colt Park's statues were relocated to Linden Place for safe keeping. In 1965, the State of Rhode Island took over Colt Farm via eminent domain, and on August 21, 1968, the lands were dedicated as Colt State Park by Rhode Island Governor John Chafee. A statue of Chafee was erected in the park in 2003. Activities and amenities The park offers trails for hikers, joggers, bicyclers and equestrians, a skate park, and facilities for picnicking, and boating. The park's fishing pier, built in the 1980s, was reconstructed and expanded in 2014 to provide four handicap-accessible stations for fishing from a wheelchair. Gallery References External links Colt State Park Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Division of Parks & Recreation
Conanicut Battery

The Conanicut Battery is a colonial and 20th century military battery in Jamestown, Rhode Island, west of Beaver Tail Road. The site offers a commanding view of the West Passage of Narragansett Bay. During the American Revolutionary War, local militia constructed an earthen battery on the site. The British occupied Jamestown later that year and took over the site, occupying the space until August 1778 when the French fleet arrived. Its principal surviving feature is an earthworks measuring about 150 feet (46 m) long and 75 feet (23 m) wide. The site is marked by a plaque placed by the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1931. During the early 20th century, the U.S. military built large partially underground defensive batteries in the area, notably Fort Getty and Fort Burnside. The 22-acre site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It is now owned by the town. The Friends of Conanicut Battery and the Jamestown Historical Society are active in preserving the fort. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Newport County, Rhode Island References and external links Conanicut Battery information Spring 2012 (PDF) Conanicut Battery information Spring 2017 (PDF) Conanicut Battery at Jamestown Historical Society Conanicut Battery at American Forts Network Conanicut Battery at FortWiki.com
Congdon Street Baptist Church

The Congdon Street Baptist Church is an historically African American church at 17 Congdon Street in the College Hill neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island. In its early years the congregation was part of the African Union Meeting and Schoolhouse. Description and history The congregation was established in 1819 and originally met in a building located near the present site, the land having been given to them by Moses Brown. The building was torn down in 1869 without the congregation's knowledge or approval by white neighbors. The present building, a single-story Italianate structure, was built in 1874–75. The eaves and gables are decorated with sawn woodwork that resembles brick corbeling. The windows along the long sides of the building are tall sash windows with a segmented-arch top, while the street-facing gable end has a three-part round-arch window. The stages of the square tower repeat the corbel woodwork at each level. The church is set into a hill, exposing a full brick basement, through which entrance to the building is gained. The interior is decorated with plain Victorian woodwork and stenciling on the walls. The architects were Hartshorn & Wilcox. Hartshorn was the successor of Thomas A. Tefft and this church echoes many of his designs. In December 1968, 65 Black students from Brown University marched down College Hill to the Congdon Street Baptist Church. They remained in the church for three days, as a protest of the small number of Black students admitted to the University as well as a lack of institutional support. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 for its architectural significance, and is part of the College Hill Historic District Gallery See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence, Rhode Island References External links Congdon Street Baptist Church website
Iglesia Bautista de Congdon Street

La Iglesia Bautista de Congdon Street es una iglesia históricamente afroamericana en 17 Congdon Street en el vecindario College Hill en la ciudad Providence, la capital del estado de Rhode Island (Estados Unidos). Descripción e historia La congregación se estableció en 1819 y originalmente se reunió en un edificio ubicado cerca del sitio actual, que fue demolido en 1869. El edificio actual, una estructura de estilo italianizante de un solo piso, fue construido en 1874-1875. Los aleros y hastiales están decorados con madera aserrada que asemeja ménsulas de ladrillo. Las ventanas a lo largo de los lados largos del edificio son ventanas de guillotina altas con una parte superior de arco segmentado, mientras que el hastial que da a la calle tiene una ventana de arco de medio punto de tres partes. Los escenarios de la torre cuadrada repiten la carpintería de ménsulas en cada nivel. La iglesia está ubicada en una colina, dejando al descubierto un sótano completo de ladrillo, a través del cual se accede al edificio. El interior está decorado con carpintería victoriana sencilla y estarcido en las paredes.​ Los arquitectos fueron Hartshorn & Wilcox.​ Hartshorn fue el sucesor de Thomas A. Tefft y esta iglesia se hace eco de muchos de sus diseños. En diciembre de 1968, 65 estudiantes negros de la Universidad Brown marcharon por College Hill hasta la Iglesia Bautista de Congdon Street. Permanecieron en la iglesia durante tres días,​ como protesta por el pequeño número de estudiantes negros admitidos en la Universidad, así como por la falta de apoyo institucional.​ El edificio fue incluido en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos en 1971 por su importancia arquitectónica, y es parte del distrito histórico de College Hill.​ Galería Véase también Anexo:Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos en Providence Referencias Enlaces externos Sitio web de la Iglesia Bautista de Congdon Street
Constance Witherby Park

Constance Witherby Park is an historic park at 210 Pitman Street, Wayland, Providence, Rhode Island. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. The park was donated in 1929 by Mr. and Mrs. S. Foster Hunt in memory of Mrs. Hunt's daughter by her first marriage Constance Witherby (1913–1929). It was landscaped by then-Superintendent of Parks Ernest K. Thomas. The park occupies the space between Waterman Street and Pitman Avenue, across from the Salvation Army. It is a small, heavily wooded park (just over 100,000 square feet) with many trees and a few park benches. The centerpiece of the park was once a bronze sculpture, called "A Memorial to Young Womanhood (or The Spirit of Youth)", by sculptor Gail Sherman Corbett (1871 – 1952). The sculpture depicted a young girl wearing a windblown dress, in homage to the spirit of young Constance who died of heart failure just before her 16th birthday while climbing in the Swiss Alps. The statue was dedicated in 1933 and removed sometime "towards the end of the 20th Century". The sculpture was moved to its new home on Blackstone Boulevard near its intersection with Clarendon St. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence, Rhode Island References External links Witherby family papers Blackstone Parks Conservancy article
Corliss–Brackett House

The Corliss–Brackett House, also known as the Charles Brackett House, is an historic house in the College Hill neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island. The house is located at 45 Prospect Street at the southeast corner of Prospect and Angell Streets. According to Richard B. Harrington of the Rhode Island State Historical Preservation Commission, "There remain anywhere very few very formally and more monumentally treated durable masonry examples of the 'Italian (Tuscan) Villa style.'" Architecture The house maintains its original exterior appearance. The structure stands three full stories above a low basement; a tower in the house's northwest corner stands a story taller. A two-story service wing to the house's east is separated at street level by a tunnel-like porte-cochère. The house is constructed in the Italian Villa style, which emerged in the United States in the 1840s; the structure is thus slightly retardataire. History The house was built between 1875 and 1882 by George Henry Corliss, inventor of the Corliss Steam Engine. Corliss' second wife, Emily Shaw, suffered from an illness for which a doctor recommended she spend her winters in Bermuda. Corliss sought to fulfill the prescription locally by "bringing" the temperate climate of Bermuda to Providence. To this end, he constructed a radiantly heated house, potentially the first in America to employ a radiant heating system controlled by a thermostat. Other unconventional technologies Corliss integrated into the structure include a hydraulic elevator and concealed insect screens. The house was inherited by screenwriter and relative of Corliss, Charles Brackett in 1929. Brackett donated the structure to Brown University in 1955. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. From 1973 to 2013, the house served as the Admission Office for Brown. It is currently occupied by the Brown University Department of Philosophy. The exterior of its carriage house was used on the television series Doctor Doctor to represent Dr. Stratford's office. Gallery See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence, Rhode Island References External links Media related to Corliss-Brackett House at Wikimedia Commons
Casa Corliss-Brackett

La Casa Corliss-Brackett, también conocida como la Casa Charles Brackett, es una casa histórica en el vecindario de College Hill en la ciudad Providence, la capital del estado de Rhode Island (Estados Unidos). Está ubicada en 45 Prospect Street en la esquina sureste de las calles Prospect y Angell. Según Richard B. Harrington de la Comisión de Preservación Histórica del Estado de Rhode Island, "quedan muy pocos ejemplos de mampostería duradera tratados de manera muy formal y más monumental del 'estilo de villa italiana (toscana)'".​ Arquitectura La casa mantiene su aspecto exterior original. La estructura se encuentra tres pisos completos sobre un sótano bajo; una torre en la esquina noroeste de la casa es un piso más alta. Un ala de servicio de dos pisos al este de la casa está separada al nivel de la calle por un Puerta cochera en forma de túnel. La casa está construida al estilo de las villas italianas, que surgió en los Estados Unidos en la década de 1840; la estructura es pues ligeramente retardataire.​​ Historia La casa fue construida entre 1875 y 1882 por George Henry Corliss, inventor de la máquina de vapor Corliss. La segunda esposa de Corliss, Emily Shaw, padecía una enfermedad por la que un médico le recomendó pasar los inviernos en las Bermudas. Corliss buscó cumplir la prescripción localmente "trayendo" el clima templado de las Bermudas a Providence. Con este fin, construyó una casa con calefacción radiante, potencialmente la primera en Estados Unidos en emplear un sistema de calefacción radiante controlado por un termostato. Otras tecnologías no convencionales que Corliss integró en la estructura incluyen un elevador hidráulico y mosquiteras ocultas.​​ La casa fue heredada por el guionista y pariente de Corliss, Charles Brackett en 1929. Brackett donó la estructura a la Universidad Brown en 1955. Fue agregado al Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos en 1970.​ De 1973 a 2013, la casa sirvió como la Oficina de Admisión de Brown. Actualmente está ocupado por el Departamento de Filosofía de la Universidad de Brown.​ El exterior de su cochera se usó en la serie de televisión Doctor Doctor para representar la oficina del Dr. Stratford.​ Galería Véase también Anexo:Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos en Providence Referencias
Cornelius Island

Cornelius Island is a small uninhabited island in Wickford Harbor, Narragansett Bay, Wickford, Rhode Island. History The land compromising Cornelius Island was originally connected to the mainland and was part of the Smith/Updike land holdings until it was sold in 1813. A channel was dug at some point in the land's history disconnecting it from the mainland. It is unclear after whom Cornelius Island was named. The island was used in the 1960s for the deposition of dredged material. References External links Islands of Narragansett Bay Frederic Denlson, Narragansett Sea and Shore, (J.A. & R.A. Reid, Providence, RI., 1879) George L. Seavey, Rhode Island's Coastal Natural Areas.
Корнелиус (остров)

Корнелиус (англ. Cornelius Island) — маленький необитаемый остров в гавани Уикфорд (Wickford Harbor) залива Наррагансетт. Административно относится к деревне Уикфорд (англ. Wickford, Rhode Island), входящей в состав города Норт-Кингстаун. История Территория, составляющая остров Корнелиус, изначально была соединена с берегом. Она была частью земельных владений поселенца Ричарда Смита (англ. Richard Smith (settler); умер в 1666) и его потомков, в числе которых его сын, Ричард Смит-младший (Richard Smith Jr., умер в 1692) и внук, капитан Лодовик Апдайк (Lodowick Updike). В 1813 году территория была продана. В какой-то момент был вырыт канал, отделивший остров от берега. Неясно, в честь кого назван остров Корнелиус. В 1960-х годах остров использовался для размещения отходов дноуглубительных работ. Примечания Ссылки Islands of Narragansett Bay (англ.) Литература Frederic Denlson, Narragansett Sea and Shore, (J.A. & R.A. Reid, Providence, RI., 1879) (англ.) George L. Seavey, Rhode Island's Coastal Natural Areas. (англ.)
Cornell-Randall-Bailey Roadhouse

The Cornell—Randall—Bailey Roadhouse (also known as the Log Gift and Curtain Shoppe) is an historic building located at 2737 Hartford Avenue (United States Route 6) in western Johnston, Rhode Island. The oldest portion of this 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure was built in the late 18th century by Samuel Steere, and was substantially enlarged for use as a tavern in 1821 by Daniel Cornell. Business at the tavern declined when railroads rendered the highway less important, and the building was adapted for use as a bordello and gambling house in the early 20th century. In the 1970s it was converted for use as a gift shop. The Cornell-Randall-Bailey Roadhouse is significant- to the history of architecture as a fairly well-preserved example of a commercial structure. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 10, 1984. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence County, Rhode Island References
Covell Street School

The Covell Street School (or Joslin Multi-Service Center) is an historic school building at 231 Amherst Street in Providence, Rhode Island. It is a two-story wood-frame structure built in a typically elaborate Queen Anne style. Although it is basically rectangular in plan, its roofline and exterior are busy, with a complicated group of cross gables, hip-roof sections, with projecting and recessed sections. A three-story square tower rises from the center of the main facade. Built in 1885 and opened in 1886, it is one of Providence's last surviving 19th-century neighborhood school buildings. It was designed by the local firm of William R. Walker & Son, designers of many Rhode Island civic buildings. The builders were John L. Sprague & Company. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence, Rhode Island References
Cowesett Pound

The Cowesett Pound is an historic animal pound on Cowesett Road in Warwick, Rhode Island. The pound, a roughly square structure built of unmortared fieldstone four to five feet in height, is estimated to have been built in 1742 by David Greene, although there was an older (probably wooden) pound already at the site. Its walls were probably once topped by capstones, but only one of these survives. The entrance to the pound has a wooden gate added during a 20th-century restoration. The pound was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Kent County, Rhode Island References
Cranston High School West

Cranston High School West (often called West, Cranston West or abbreviated as CHSW) is a public high school located in Cranston, Rhode Island, United States. History The school comprises five buildings; one of these buildings is the Cranston Area Career and Technical Center. The school grounds include six tennis courts, a baseball field, and a track and football field. West has 155 staff members who work with the student population of approximately 1850 daily. The program of studies encompasses 203 different courses. The Cranston Area Career and Technical Center offers 17 different courses. All courses are geared toward student academic abilities. Fifty-two percent of graduates go on to pursue a four-year degree while twenty-two percent pursue a 2-year degree. Athletic Athletic teams that have won State Championship titles: Varsity boys volleyball won the State Championship in 2016 and 2019. Ahlquist v. Cranston On April 4, 2011, 10th-grade student Jessica Ahlquist filed a federal lawsuit aimed at ending the school's display of a prayer on a banner. District Court Judge Ronald R. Lagueux issued a decision in favor of Jessica on January 11, 2012. The decision was in part based on the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, and the Lemon v. Kurtzman, Lynch v. Donnelly, and Lee v. Weisman US Supreme Court cases. Upon learning of the results of the case, some residents of Cranston, and others opposed to the decision and to Jessica's atheism, took their anger out on Jessica on Twitter and Facebook, and local florists refused to deliver to her. Notable alumni Joyce Jillson - Actress, writer, astrologer, talk show hostess, and spokesperson for the Women's Equalization Committee. Stevie Aiello – singer, songwriter, musician, record producer Monty Are I – an alternative rock band named after Arthur Montanaro, a former teacher at West Katelyn Bouyssou – member of the US Judo national team; 3 time US Judo national champion Marissa Castelli – figure skater, 2-time national pairs champion; bronze medalist in 2014 Winter Olympics Mark van Eeghen – former NFL running back and two-time Super Bowl champion with the Oakland Raiders; only person from Cranston West to have number retired in any sport JVKE – American singer-songwriter, producer, and social media personality Alicia Carmody - Cast member of The Real Housewives of Rhode Island References External links Official website
Crompton Free Library

The Crompton Free Library is a historic library building in West Warwick, Rhode Island. The small single-story wood-frame building was constructed in 1876, with funding from local mill owners. It is an excellent local example of a small Stick style public structure. Background The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. It now serves as home to the Pawtuxet Valley Preservation and Historical Society. See also List of libraries in Rhode Island National Register of Historic Places listings in Kent County, Rhode Island List of historical societies in Rhode Island References External links Pawtuxet Valley Preservation and Historic Society
Daggett House

The Daggett House is an historic house in Slater Park in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The house is the oldest standing house in Pawtucket and one of the oldest surviving buildings in the state. History The large farmhouse was built around 1685 for John Daggett, Jr. near the previous site of his father's house. The father's house is said to have been destroyed during King Philip's War. The house was probably inherited in 1707 by Daggett's eldest surviving son, Joseph Daggett, a doctor of medicine, a wheelwright, and a miller. The farm is presumed to have been inherited by Joseph's son Israel, a cooper, in 1727. The house passed to various members of the Daggett family by inheritance or purchase, ending with Jefferson Daggett and his eldest son, Edwin O. Daggett. They continued to farm the property at least until 1870, when Jefferson died. The farm went into decline after the death of Jefferson Dagget, and was purchased as a "wornout farm" by the city in 1894. The house was restored by the Daughters of the American Revolution starting in 1902 and opened as a museum in 1905. Advance notice is required for a tour. Contact the park office M-F 8:30-4:30 or the Pawtucket Chapter of the DAR 722-6931 or 724-4758 as per the information posted on the exterior of the house July 2, 2017. References
Druidsdream

Druidsdream is a historic house at 144 Gibson Avenue in Narragansett, Rhode Island. It is a 2+1⁄2-story stone structure, completed in 1884. It was built, probably by predominantly Narragansett stonemasons, for Joseph Hazard, a locally prominent landowner and botanist. It has a cross-gable plan, with its main facade divided into three bays and looking south over landscaped grounds. The central bay has a slightly projecting pavilion, with the second-floor bays filled with French doors and iron railings. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Rhode Island References