Artillery Park
National Register of Historic Places

Artillery Park

Jamestown, Newport County, Rhode Island
Listed
March 7, 1973
Type
Site
Period
Listed
Ref No.
73000054

About this property

The Artillery Park (also known as the Churchyard Cemetery and Historical Cemetery 2) is a historic cemetery at North Road and Narragansett Avenue in Jamestown, Rhode Island. It is located at a high point on the southern part of Conanicut Island. The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It was originally laid out in 1656 as a burying ground and militia training ground, but appears to have been used as a burying ground only since the 1740s. When British forces occupied the island in 1776, there was a brief skirmish there, and the British afterward used the area as a military staging ground. National Register of Historic Places listings in Newport County, Rhode Island Jamestown Philomenian Library – Historic and Architectural Resources of Jamestown, Rhode Island

Location

Jamestown, Newport County, Rhode Island
41.49655, -71.37429

Categories

COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTMILITARY
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Nearby Historic Sites

Shoreby Hill Historic District
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0.5 mi
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1.2 mi
Friends Meetinghouse
Early Republic
1.2 mi
Horsehead-Marbella
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1.4 mi
Jamestown Windmill
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1.4 mi

Nearby Battles

British Occupation of Newport
1776Revolutionary War
3.2 mi
Battle of Rhode Island
1778Revolutionary War
6.3 mi

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Artillery Park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 7, 1973.

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