Ashton Historic District
The Ashton Historic District is a historic district in Cumberland, Rhode Island. The district consists of a mill and an adjacent mill village that was built for the workers of the mill.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: United States historic place
- Also known as: “Ashton”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Old Ashton Historic District and Saint Josephs Roman Catholic Church.
Old Ashton Historic District
Historic site
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The Old Ashton Historic District is a historic district encompassing an early 18th-century industrial area along Lower River Road in Lincoln, Rhode Island.
Saint Josephs Roman Catholic Church
Church
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St. Joseph Church is parish of the Roman Catholic Church in Cumberland, Rhode Island within the Diocese of Providence. It is known for its historic campus at 1303 Mendon Road, which includes a Gothic Revival style church, designed by James Murphy, along with two late 19th-century, clapboard-sheathed, wood-frame structures on the east side of Mendon Road.
Cumberland High School
School
Cumberland High School is a public school located in Cumberland, Rhode Island. It is a part of the Cumberland School Department. In its current location since 1962, the school serves approximately 1,500 students. Cumberland High School is situated 2 miles northwest of Ashton Historic District.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Quinnville and Lime Rock.
Quinnville
Neighborhood
Quinnville is a village incorporated into the Town of Lincoln, Rhode Island, United States. It is the smallest of the seven villages within Lincoln, bordered by the villages of Albion at the north, Limerock to the west, Lonsdale to the south, and by the Blackstone River to the east.
Lime Rock
Neighborhood
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Lime Rock is a village and historic district in Lincoln, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States, near Rhode Island Route 146. The village was named after the limestone quarries in the area, which started in the 17th century, and continue to the present where Conklin Limestone Company now operates.
Albion
Village
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Albion is a village and historic district in Lincoln, Rhode Island, United States. Albion is home to several mill buildings, churches, and the Kirkbrae Country Club golf course.
Ashton Historic District
- Categories: historic district and locality
- Location: Providence County, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.93899° or 41° 56′ 20″ northLongitude
-71.43061° or 71° 25′ 50″ westElevation
125 feet (38 metres)Open location code
87HCWHQ9+HQOpenStreetMap ID
node 158853356OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to French—“Ashton Historic District” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ashton Historic District”
- French: “district historique d’Ashton”
- French: “District historique d’Ashton”
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Highlights include Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Cumberland Number 9 and Saint Johns Episcopal Church.
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