Cowesett
Cowesett is a hillside neighborhood located in Warwick, Rhode Island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in Rhode Island, United States of America
- Also known as: “Cowekesit”, “Coweset”, “Cowesett, Rhode Island”, “Cowesett, RI”, “Cowesit”, and “Cowesuck”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cowesett Pound and Warwick Center for the Arts.
Cowesett Pound
Historic site
Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cowesett Pound is an historic animal pound on Cowesett Road in Warwick, Rhode Island. The pound, a roughly square structure built of unmortared fieldstone four to five feet in height, is estimated to have been built in 1742 by David Greene, although there was an older pound already at the site.
Warwick Center for the Arts
Museum
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Warwick Center for the Arts, formerly the Warwick Museum of Art, is an art museum in Warwick, Rhode Island, USA. The Center was founded in 1974 and features exhibits in its art gallery, as well as performances, camps for children, adult classes and comedy shows.
Varnum House Museum
Museum
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The General James Mitchell Varnum House is a historic house at 57 Peirce Street in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built in 1773 for James Mitchell Varnum, who later served as a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Warwick and Apponaug.
Warwick
Photo: XRay, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Warwick is a city in Rhode Island just south of Providence. It is the third largest city in the state, with 83,000 people. It was founded in 1642 by Samuel Gorton, and played an important role in the Revolutionary War.
Apponaug
Village
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Apponaug is a neighborhood in central Warwick, Rhode Island, United States, situated on Apponaug Cove, a tributary to Greenwich Bay and nearby Narragansett Bay.
East Greenwich
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East Greenwich is centrally located in the state of Rhode Island on the western shore of the Narragansett Bay. With numerous historical landmarks, East Greenwich continues to be proud of its history.
Cowesett
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: City of Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.6825° or 41° 40′ 57″ northLongitude
-71.45163° or 71° 27′ 6″ westElevation
220 feet (67 metres)Open location code
87HCMGJX+X8OpenStreetMap ID
node 158844346OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Irish—“Cowesett” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Cowesett”
- Irish: “Cowesett”
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