Windmill Hill Historic District
The Windmill Hill Historic District is a historic district encompassing a large rural landscape in Jamestown, Rhode Island. It is bounded on the north by Eldred Avenue, on the east by East Shore Road, on the south by Great Creek, and on the west by Narragansett Bay.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Friends Meetinghouse and Jamestown Windmill.
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.
Jamestown Windmill
Windmill
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.
Plum Beach Lighthouse
Lighthouse
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Plum Beach Light, built in 1899, is a sparkplug lighthouse in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. The lighthouse was built using pneumatic caisson engineering. Plum Beach Lighthouse is situated 1½ miles west of Windmill Hill Historic District.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jamestown and Saunderstown.
Jamestown
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Jamestown is village on Conanicut Island, a small parcel of land that connects mainland Rhode Island to Aquidneck Island in Narragansett Bay. Jamestown is 25 miles south of Providence and offers plenty of shopping, dining and recreation.
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 in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. Saunderstown is situated 3 miles southwest of Windmill Hill Historic District.
Newport
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.
Windmill Hill Historic District
- Type: Park
- Description: historic district in Rhode Island, United States
- Category: historic district
- Location: Newport County, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Jamestown Shores and Narragansett Terrace.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Jamestown Reservoir Dam and Jamestown Reservoir.
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