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Moosup Valley Historic District

  • Vicinity: Roughly bounded by Harrington, Johnson, Moosup Valley and Barb Hill, and Cucumber Hill Rds.
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Historic District


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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1826/00/00 Abraham Place - J Whipple Phillips House (1 mi N of Moosup Valley Rd) is probably built by Abraham Place. Abraham, childless, gave the farm to his niece, Jane Ann, who married James W Phillips.
1857/10/17 Sarah Susan Lovecraft Born Sarah Susan Phillips is born in Foster, Providence, Rhode Island, the daughter of Whipple Van Buren Phillips and Rhoby Alzada Place.
1896/00/00 Sarah Susan Lovecraft Visitor HPL and his mother spend two weeks at her uncle James Wheaton Phillips' farm on Johnson Road (Abraham Place - J Whipple Phillips House). They will visit again in 1908.
1896/00/00 H P Lovecraft Visitor HPL and his mother spend two weeks at her uncle James Wheaton Phillips' farm on Johnson Road (Abraham Place - J Whipple Phillips House). They will visit again in 1908.
1938/09/21 Phillips' Mid C19 barn is destroyed in the 1938 hurricane. As of 1988, dry-laid granite foundations of the large barn (set end to the road) remain, east side of Johnson Rd, directly across from Phillip's house. Great New England Hurricane of 1938

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Particulars for Moosup Valley Historic District:
Historic Use Agricultural outbuildings
Area of Significance Agriculture
Architectural Style American Colonial
Cultural Affiliation American Rural
Area of Significance Architecture
Area of Significance Commerce
Area of Significance Exploration-settlement
Architectural Style Federal Style
Architectural Style Greek Revival
Sight Category Historic District
Criteria Historic Event
Criteria Information Potential
Attribute Moved property
Criteria Person
Owner Private
Historic Use Religious Property
Historic Use Secondary structure
Historic Use Single dwelling
Area of Significance Transportation



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 11th May 1988

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Moosup Valley Historic District
Registry Address: Roughly bounded by Harrington, Johnson, Moosup Valley and Barb Hill, and Cucumber Hill Rds.
Registry Number: 88000521
Resource Type: District
Theme Group: Foster MPS
Owner: Private, Local
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: Colonial, Greek revival, Federal
Area in Acres: 1730
Contributing Buildings: 42
Non-Contributing Buildings: 37
Contributing Sites: 18
Contributing Structures: 60
Non-Contributing Structures: 23
Contributing Objects: 1
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Commerce, Transportation, Exploration-settlement, Architecture, Agriculture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Person, Information Potential
Criteria Consideration: Cemetery, Moved property, Religious property
Cultural Affiliation: Rural American
Period of Significance: 1900-1750 AD, 1900-1924, 1700-1749, 1925-1949
Significant Year: c 1851
Associated People: Multiple
Historic Function: Domestic, Agriculture, subsistence
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling, Agricultural outbuildings, Secondary structure
Current Function: Domestic
Current Sub-Function: Single dwelling Secondary structure

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