Site of the first town house and church

Site of the first town house and church is a Rhode Island historical marker in Newport County, dedicated 1936.

Little Compton · location approximate

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Site of the first town house and church used by the first settlers of Little Compton. Built 1693.

1937 text, presented as a historical document.

Maps this old were drawn largely by eye, so places on them can sit miles from where they really are. The pin is ours and marks the marker's location today.

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Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library

Historical maps covering this location

1674 · Totius Neobelgii nova et accuratissima tabula / [Hugo Allardt] (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
1677 · A map of New England (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1687 · Amplissimae regionis Mississipi seu Provinciae Ludovicianae â R.P. Ludovico Hennepin… (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1797 · Rhode Island. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1890 · 34. Fall River sheet. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

A map of New England, 1677, covering the location of Site of the first town house and church, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — A map of New England, 1677, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.

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Marker data: Rhode Island Tercentenary Commission, Rhode Island Tercentenary 1636-1936: A Report (1937)

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