Monday, September 4, 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
Trinity Church, Newport


Founded in 1698, the parish served by Trinity Church is the oldest Episcopal parish in the state. The current Georgian building was constructed in 1725-26.