Jamestown School-Melrose

Jamestown School-Melrose is a school in Jamestown, Newport County, Rhode Island. Jamestown School-Melrose is situated nearby to Jamestown Museum, as well as near the village Saunderstown.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Jamestown Museum and Friends Meetinghouse.

Jamestown Museum

Museum

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Jamestown Museum is a local history museum which tells the history of Jamestown, Rhode Island and is run by the Jamestown Historical Society. The Jamestown Historical Society founded the museum in the current building in 1971. Jamestown Museum is situated 1,700 feet south of Jamestown School-Melrose.

Friends Meetinghouse

Church

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The Conanicut Friends Meetinghouse is a historic Quaker meeting house at the junction of North Road and Weeden Lane in Jamestown, Rhode Island. The structure was built in 1786 to replace the original meeting house destroyed by the British after they occupied Conanicut Island in 1776. Friends Meetinghouse is situated 1 mile north of Jamestown School-Melrose.

Jamestown Windmill

Windmill

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The Jamestown Windmill is a smock mill in Jamestown, Rhode Island within the Windmill Hill Historic District on North Road north of Weeden Lane. The 30-foot high windmill was built in 1787 to coarse grind flint corn to feed to animals and finer corn meal for farmer families to eat. Jamestown Windmill is situated 1 mile north of Jamestown School-Melrose.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saunderstown and Newport.

Saunderstown

Village

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Saunderstown is a small village and historic district spread across the four towns of Narragansett, South Kingstown, Exeter and North Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States. Saunderstown is situated 2½ miles west of Jamestown School-Melrose.

Newport

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Newport is a beautiful seaside city in Rhode Island that is famous for its genteel mansions and a rich history of yachting, golf, and tennis. With a population of only 25,000, this scenic resort town punches well above its weight and was known as the "Summer White House" throughout the 1950s and 60s.

Middletown

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Middletown lies south of Portsmouth and north of Newport, Rhode Island. This geographical location is what gave this town its name. Middletown was founded in 1743 when unjust taxation and a growing population caused freeholders in Newport to petition for independence.

Jamestown School-Melrose

Type: School
Category: education
Location: Jamestown, Newport County, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.50094° or 41° 30′ 3″ north

Longitude

-71.37505° or 71° 22′ 30″ west

Elevation

72 feet (22 metres)

Open location code

87HCGJ2F+9X

GeoNames ID

5222878

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