Furnace Hill Brook Historic and Archeological District

Furnace Hill Brook Historic and Archeological District
Nearest city Cranston, Rhode Island
Built 1800
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP Reference #

80000097

[1]
Added to NRHP August 6, 1980

The Furnace Hill Brook Historic and Archeological District in a historic district in Cranston, Rhode Island.

The site features archaeological industrial remains dating from the early 19th century, as well as a series of prehistoric Native American settlements, dating from the Late Archaic to the Early Woodland periods.[2] One major locus of the Native settlements, a knoll at the confluence of Furnace Hill Brook, Church Brook, and Meshanticut Brook, was destroyed in 1967 by the construction of a highway cloverleaf (the interchange between I-295 and Rhode Island Route 37), although salvage archaeology was successful in obtaining some artifacts.[3] Further up Furnace Hill Brook are the remains of an iron foundry established in 1812.

The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 6, 1980.[1]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Bulletin of the Archaeological Society of Connecticut, Number 61 (1998)" (PDF). Archaeological Society of Connecticut. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
  3. ↑ "Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society, Vol. 30 No. 2 (January 1969)" (PDF). University of Bridgewater. Retrieved 2014-08-01.


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