Furnace Hill Brook Historic and Archeological District | |
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Nearest city | Cranston, Rhode Island |
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Built | 1800 |
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 80000097[1] |
Added to NRHP | August 6, 1980 |
The Furnace Hill Brook Historic and Archeological District in a historic district in Cranston, Rhode Island.
The site features archaeological industrial remains dating from the early 19th century, as well as a series of prehistoric Native American settlements, dating from the Late Archaic to the Early Woodland periods.[2] One major locus of the Native settlements, a knoll at the confluence of Furnace Hill Brook, Church Brook, and Meshanticut Brook, was destroyed in 1967 by the construction of a highway cloverleaf (the interchange between I-295 and Rhode Island Route 37), although salvage archaeology was successful in obtaining some artifacts.[3] Further up Furnace Hill Brook are the remains of an iron foundry established in 1812.
The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 6, 1980.[1]