Cowesett Pound
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.Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Warwick Center for the Arts and Kent Hospital.
Warwick Center for the Arts
Museum
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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. Warwick Center for the Arts is situated 1 mile north of Cowesett Pound.
Kent Hospital
Hospital
Kent Hospital is a community teaching hospital located in Warwick, Rhode Island. It was a founding member of the Care New England in 1996, along with Women & Infants Hospital and Butler Hospital. Kent Hospital is situated 1½ miles northwest of Cowesett Pound.
Varnum House Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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. Varnum House Museum is situated 1½ miles south of Cowesett Pound.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cowesett and Warwick.
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.
Cowesett Pound
- Type: Historic site
- Categories: animal pound, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: City of Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.68577° or 41° 41′ 9″ northLongitude
-71.46146° or 71° 27′ 41″ westOpen location code
87HCMGPQ+8COpenStreetMap ID
way 1333105183OpenStreetMap feature
historic=poundWikidata ID
Q5179670
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