Furnace Hill Brook Historic and Archeological District
Nearest cityCranston, Rhode Island
Built1800
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.80000097[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 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. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ Waller, Joseph N.; Leveillee, Alan (1998). Lavin, Lucianne (ed.). "Archaeological Investigation at Site RI 2050 in Cranston, Rhode Island: A Native American Steatite Processing Site" (PDF). Bulletin of the Archaeological Society of Connecticut. 61. Archaeological Society of Connecticut: 3–16. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  3. ^ Waddicor, Arthur; Mitchell, Morris (1969). "Furnace Hill Brook Site: A Salvage Dig". Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society. 30 (2): 4–10. Retrieved December 12, 2022 – via Bridgewater State University.


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