The National Register of Historic Places contains more than 85,000 sites, but only some 2,500 of them have been listed as National Historic Landmarks. New England is home to hundreds of these particularly significant structures, objects and places.
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The Great Seal of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
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| RHODE ISLAND Fort Adams, Newport
This site has housed fortifications since 1799. Most of the existing facilities date to the mid-19th century. Fort Adams was the principal defensive post for Narragansett Bay.
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