Foster Center, Rhode Island

Foster Center Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Foster School House in 2008
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Location	Foster, Rhode Island
Coordinates	41°47′24″N 71°43′44″W / 41.7899°N 71.7288°W / 41.7899; -71.7288Coordinates: 41°47′24″N 71°43′44″W / 41.7899°N 71.7288°W / 41.7899; -71.7288
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Colonial
NRHP reference No.	74000050 [1]
Added to NRHP	May 11, 1974

Location of the CDP in Providence County and the state of Rhode Island.

Foster Center is a village in the town of Foster, Rhode Island, United States. It was listed as a census-designated place (CDP) in 2010,^[2] with a population of 355.^[3] Historic elements of the village are included in the Foster Center Historic District, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 11, 1974. The district features various colonial and Greek Revival houses as well as the still functioning town building from the late 18th century.

Geography[]

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.18 square miles (5.65 km²), of which 2.17 square miles (5.61 km²) is land and 0.015 square miles (0.04 km²), or 0.66%, is water.^[4] The village is located near the western border of Rhode Island along Rhode Island Route 94, which leads north to West Glocester and south towards Clayville.

Images[]

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  Foster Town Building, ca. 1796, the oldest government meeting house of its type in the United States where town meetings have been held continuously since 1801

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  Foster Center's Baptist Church

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  Foster's Town Pound, ca. 1845

See also[]

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence County, Rhode Island

References[]

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