Historic and Architectural Resources of Jamestown, Rhode Island

From introduction: "The following preliminary study covers the historical and architectural resources of the town of Jamestown. The report includes a description of the town’s physical and social context in the first section and an account of Jamestown’s historical development in the second section. The third section is a list of properties in Jamestown which are listed in or suggested for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. At the end of the report is an annotated inventory of some properties of historical and architectural importance in the town... The Jamestown survey was begun in the slimmer of 1975 by James Gibbs. of the Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission staff. In 1980 the Jamestown survey became a joint project of the Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission and the Jamestown Historical Society. The island’s historical resources were surveyed again in the early 1980s by David Chase and Walter Nebiker. and field work has been carried on occasionally since then, most recently during the summer of 1988 with Professor William Jordy of Brown University. This report was written by Walter Nebiker: David Chase wrote many of the inventory entries, particularly for those properties built after 1850. Information about the archaeological resources of Jamestown is included in some sections of this report to provide needed context, but Jamestown’s archaeological sites are so numerous and significant that they cannot be treated full here. Some modern buildings are included, again to provide context, but this report focuses on historic resources." Funding was provided in part by a Historic Preservation Fund grant administered by the Rhode Island State Historic Preservation Office and the State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Historic and Architectural Resources of Jamestown, Rhode Island

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