Artillery Park
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Location | Jamestown, Rhode Island |
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Coordinates | 41°29′47″N 71°22′29″W / 41.49639°N 71.37472°WCoordinates: 41°29′47″N 71°22′29″W / 41.49639°N 71.37472°W |
Built | 1656 |
NRHP reference No. | 73000054 [1] |
Added to NRHP | March 7, 1973 |
The Artillery Park (also known as the Churchyard Cemetery) is an historic cemetery at North Road and Narragansett Avenue in Jamestown, Rhode Island. It is located at a high point on the southern part of Conanicut Island. It was originally laid out in 1656 as a burying ground and militia training ground, but appears to have been used as a burying ground only since the 1740s. When British forces occupied the island in 1776, there was a brief skirmish there, and the British afterward used the area as a military staging ground.[2] The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]
Old section of the cemetery
Memorial to veterans of Jamestown, RI
American Legion insignia on gate of cemetery
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References and external links[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Artillery Park" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-08-30.
Categories:
- Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
- 1656 establishments in Rhode Island
- Jamestown, Rhode Island
- National Register of Historic Places in Newport County, Rhode Island
- Newport County, Rhode Island Registered Historic Place stubs
- United States cemetery stubs