Roger Williams National Memorial

  • Also Known As: See Also:College Hill Historic District

  • Address:
  • Vicinity: Bounded by N Main, Canal, Smith, and Haymarket Sts
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Site

Liberty of Conscience

Roger Williams National Memorial commemorates the life of the founder of Rhode Island and a champion of the ideal of religious freedom. Williams, banished from Massachusetts for his beliefs, founded Providence in 1636. This colony served as a refuge where all could come to worship as their conscience dictated without interference from the state. - NPS


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Roger Williams Significant name
Norman M Isham Architect
1636/00/00
1637/00/00 John Greene Founder John Greene leaves Salem to join Roger Williams as one of the original settlers of Providence in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.

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Particulars for Roger Williams National Memorial:
Criteria Consideration Commemorative property
Area of Significance Exploration-settlement
Criteria Historic Event
Historic Use Monument, Marker
Level of Significance National
Historic Use Park
Criteria Person
Area of Significance Religion
Historic Use Religious Property
Sight Category Site



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 15th October 1966

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Roger Williams National Memorial
Registry Address: Bounded by N. Main, Canal, Smith, and Haymarket Sts.
Registry Number: 66000942
Resource Type: Site
Owner: Local
Architect: Isham,Norman
Architectural Style: No style listed
Area in Acres: 4
Contributing Sites: 1
Contributing Objects: 1
Certification: Listed in the National Register
Nominator Name: National Memorial
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Exploration-settlement, Religion
Applicable Criteria: Event, Person
Criteria Consideration: Commemorative property, Religious property
Period of Significance: 1600-1649
Significant Year: 1636
Associated People: Williams,Roger
Historic Function: Landscape, Recreation and Culture
Historic Sub-Function: Monument, Marker, Park
Current Function: Recreation and Culture, Landscape
Current Sub-Function: Park Monument, Marker

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