Anthony Village Historic District
National Register of Historic Places

Anthony Village Historic District

Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island
Listed
September 19, 2010
Type
District
Period
Early Republic
Ref No.
10000770

About this property

Anthony (previously known as Greenville and The Quaker Village) is a village along Route 117 within the town of Coventry, Rhode Island near the villages of Washington and Quidnick on the southwestern banks of the Pawtuxet River (Flat River). The village comprises "Anthony, Arnold, Boston, Mapledale, Meeting, Taft, Washington and Laurel Avenue." Previously, Anthony was known as "Greenville" and "The Quaker Village." In the eighteenth century, the Greene Family were early owners of the land and gave their name to the village where they operated a gristmill, forge, and sawmill. Many of the village residents, including the Greene family, were Quakers, members of the Society of Friends and part of the Greenwich Monthly Meeting, attending meetings at the Quaker Meeting House on Meeting Street, which was used for services from 1825 to 1915. The building is now a club house. Anthony was established and renamed in 1805 by William and Richard Anthony who built a textile mill in the village as part of the Coventry Manufacturing Company. By 1811 another cotton mill was built and later the Coventry Manufacturing Company operated in the area as well. The General Nathanael Greene Homestead is located near the village. The historic heart of the village, a 250-acre (100 ha) centered on Washington Street roughly between Sandy Bottom Road and Fairview Avenue and extending as far south as the Nathanael Greene Homestead, was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 2010 as the Anthony Village Historic District.

Location

Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island
41.69816, -71.54992

Categories

COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTINDUSTRY
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Sources

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Nearby Historic Sites

Greene, Gen. Nathanael, Homestead
Colonial
0.5 mi
Paine House
Industrial
0.9 mi
South Main Street Historic District
Listed
1.1 mi
Crompton Mill Historic District
Civil War
1.5 mi
Centreville Mill
Early Republic
1.5 mi

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When was Anthony Village Historic District listed on the National Register?

Anthony Village Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 19, 2010.

What type of historic resource is Anthony Village Historic District?

Anthony Village Historic District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Anthony Village Historic District?

The period of significance for Anthony Village Historic District is recorded as the early_republic era, specifically around 1805.

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