Lafayette Village
Rodman Mill
Lafayette Village is located in Rhode Island
Lafayette Village
Lafayette Village is located in the United States
Lafayette Village
LocationNorth Kingstown, Rhode Island
Coordinates41°34′24″N 71°28′59″W / 41.57333°N 71.48306°W / 41.57333; -71.48306
Area164 acres (66 ha)
NRHP reference No.78000019 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 14, 1978

Lafayette Village is a historic district extending along Ten Rod Road in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. It encompasses a linear rural and industrial village, running from the Wickford Junction railroad crossing in the west to Angel Avenue in the east, and includes a number of residential properties on adjacent side streets. The centerpiece of the district is the Rodman Manufacturing Company complex, which operated here for a century beginning in the 1840s. The Robert Rodman Mansion, a Second Empire house with an elaborate porch, stands at 731 Ten Rod Road, and the Walter Rodman House, built in the 1870s, is even more elaborately decorated. Most of the residential stock in the district is mill-related housing built by the Rodmans for their workers.[2]

The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Lafayette Village" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved November 10, 2014.


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