Monday, May 15, 2023

New England's National Historic Landmarks: Rhode Island


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.

Above:
The Great Seal of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

RHODE ISLAND
William Watts Sherman House, Newport


This house was built for banker William Watts Sherman in 1875, and is recognized as a prototype of the Shingle style of architecture.