Monday, January 23, 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
Edward King House, Newport


This Italian villa-style house was built for a local merchant and was the largest in the city at the time of its completion in 1847.