Cranston, RI

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Cranston, Rhode Island is a city of contrasts.  The city is heavily populated in the east, yet mostly rural w/subdivisions in the west.  Although Cranston has been a city since 1910, Cranston does not have a single urban center.  Although primarily agricultural throughout its early days, it served as the hub of Rhode Island’s greatest nineteenth century industrial empire.

One of the most dramatic contrasts is that between the general perception that Cranston is a twentieth century suburban satellite to the City of Providence and the fact that Cranston contains a wealth of historical sites and interesting architecture. Currently there are sixteen locations within Cranston that have been recognized by and listed in the National and State Register of Historic Places.

National Historic Districts include Pawtuxet Village, Oaklawn Village, Lippitt Hill and Furnace Brook, which is also an area of archaeological significance. Individual properties on the National Register include the Governor Sprague Mansion, the Joy Homestead, the Edgewood Yacht Club, the Thomas Fenner House, the Sheldon House, the Nathan Westcott House, the Ballroom and Gazebo at Rhodes-on-the-Pawtuxet, the Arad Wood House, the Knightsville Meeting House, the Potter-Remington House, the Niles Westcott House and the Arkwright Bridge

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