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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
McKim, Mead and White Architect
William Gibbons Preston Architect

Places

PlaceAsNotedInType
PlaceAsNotedInType
The Towers, Rhode Island
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Particulars for Towers Historic District, Narragansett:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Historic Use Camp
Historic Use Coast Guard facility
Area of Significance Entertainment - Recreation
Architectural Style Federal Style
Historic Use Health care resort
Sight Category Historic District
Criteria Historic Event
Architectural Style Late 19th and early 20th century american movements
Owner Private
Architectural Style Shingle Style Architecture



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 18th August 1982

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Towers Historic District
Registry Address: Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, Exchange Pl., Mathewson and Taylor Sts.
Registry Number: 82000021
Resource Type: District
Theme Group: Narragansett Pier MRA
Owner: Private, Local
Architect: McKim,Mead and White; Preston,William Gibbons
Architectural Style: Late 19th and early 20th century american movements, Other, Federal
Attribute: Shingle Style
Area in Acres: 10
Contributing Buildings: 18
Non-Contributing Buildings: 1
Contributing Sites: 1
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Entertainment-recreation, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Historic Function: Domestic, Health care, Defense
Historic Sub-Function: Camp, Coast Guard facility, Resort
Current Function: Domestic
Current Sub-Function: Single dwelling

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