National Register of Historic Places

Miantonomi Memorial Park

Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island
Listed
June 22, 1969
Type
Site
Period
Listed
Ref No.
69000003

About this property

Miantonomi Memorial Park (MY-ann-toe-no-me) is a public park between Hillside Avenue and Girard Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island. Indigenous people used the area around the park for hundreds of years and the park (and the hill it is on) is named after Narragansett Sachem, or Chief, Miantonomi. Aquidneck Island, where this is located, was sold to William Coddington "and friends" in 1637 by Miantonomi and his uncle Canonicus. The settlers used the hill as a lookout and in 1667 built a beacon on the hill. During the American Revolutionary War fortifications were built on the hill, fragments of which still survive. In 1921, the City of Newport received the property from the local Stokes family. Miantonomi Memorial Park's 30 acres (120,000 m2) became part of the Aquidneck Land Trust through an easement in 2005.

Location

Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island
41.50970, -71.31024

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Miantonomi Memorial Park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 1969.

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