National Register of Historic Places

Tiverton Four Corners Historic District

Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island
Listed
June 19, 1974
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
74000042

About this property

Tiverton Four Corners Historic District encompasses the main village center of Tiverton, Rhode Island, United States. The district extends along Main Road north and south from its junction with East Road and Puncatest Neck Road, or West Road. The 50-acre (20 ha) area consists of sixteen historic buildings, predominantly 18th and early 19th-century houses, as well as the 1868 Union Public Library, mill-related resources at the Mill Pond which was situated just southeast of the main intersection, and the A. P. White Store. Originally inhabited by the Pocasset tribe, John Clarke and William Coddington – who in 1637 had purchased Aquidneck Island across the Sakonnet River from present-day Tiverton from the Narragansett tribe – also obtained from the Wampanoags use of land on the eastern side of the water. Land grants were made by Plymouth Colony as early as 1659, but formal development of the area did not begin until around 1679. After Plymouth Colony was absorbed by Massachusetts, the freemen of the area agitated for separation from it and to be joined to the Colony of Rhode Island. The dispute was not settled until 1746. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Location

Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island
41.57240, -71.18754

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Nearby Historic Sites

Cook-Bateman Farm
Industrial
1.3 mi
Whalley, William, Homestead
Industrial
2.2 mi
First Baptist Church of Tiverton
Early Republic
2.3 mi
Friends Meeting House and Cemetery
Colonial
3.2 mi
Rhode Island Red
Listed
3.3 mi

Nearby Battles

Action at Tiverton (Rhode Island)
1778Revolutionary War
3.8 mi
Battle of Rhode Island
1778Revolutionary War
4.7 mi
Battle of Rhode Island (1778)
1778Revolutionary War
5.8 mi

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When was Tiverton Four Corners Historic District listed on the National Register?

Tiverton Four Corners Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 19, 1974.

What type of historic resource is Tiverton Four Corners Historic District?

Tiverton Four Corners Historic District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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