On East Road (Rhode Island Route 179) east of Main Road ( Route 77), on the right when traveling east.
Over this stone fence you will see
Chace-Cory House, circa seventeen thirty,
Built by Abner or Benjamin Chace, you know,
Some of the whaling men long ago.
Another one was Andrew Cory,
Who, in eighteen sixteen, began another story: . . . — — Map (db m262017) HM
Near Highland Road at Lawton Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
The earthen mounds on this site are the original fortifications that defended Tiverton against British forces that occupied Aquidneck Island. With hand tools & human toil colonists dug the breastworks then pulled artillery pieces up the hill to the . . . — — Map (db m48078) HM
On Highland Road at Lawton Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Highland Road.
Through the unrelenting efforts of Dr. James W. Holt, Jr. Fort Barton was preserved. It was given to the town of Tiverton by the Newport Historical Society in 1968. In 1777 the site was fortified by the colonial army to defend against British . . . — — Map (db m48225) HM
Near Highland Road at Lawton Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
The earthwork fortifications ahead are original from 1777. The complex was constructed by colonial militiamen as the Tiverton Heights Fort to guard the narrow Sakonnet Strait and prevent and invasion of the Rhode Island mainland by British troops . . . — — Map (db m312286) HM
On Highland Road at Lawton Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Highland Road.
Encamped with Continental Army troops in Tiverton from Aug. 30 to Sept. 2, 1778, in the aftermath of the Battle of Rhode Island. — — Map (db m311535) HM
Why is it called "Sin & Flesh Brook"
The spring after the King Philip's War ended, way back in 1677, a Indian Chief's clerk, Zoeth Howland, a pious Quaker from Dartmouth, was passing through Pocasset (now Tiverton), to attend the meeting of . . . — — Map (db m312354) HM
On Main Road (Rhode Island Route 77) at Nanaquaket Road, on the right when traveling south on Main Road.
Capt. Nathaniel Church Estate
ca. 1872
The property was a wedding gift given by George Humphrey to his daughter, Mary, when she married Nathaniel Church, one of the seven Church brothers; the Church family founded a large local . . . — — Map (db m312352) HM
On Main Road (Rhode Island Route 77) at Lawton Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Main Road.
Lawton House - Stone Bridge Cottage/Hotel/Inn
❖ 1st Lawton House destroyed by fire in 1847, rebuilt 1848
❖ 1864 Sold, enlarged & reopened 1865
❖ 1867-1884 Sold 4 times, destroyed by fire in 1884
❖ . . . — — Map (db m312410) HM
On Main Road (Rhode Island Route 77) at East Road ( Route 179), on the right when traveling north on Main Road.
30 lots laid out in 1710
Earliest Houses
Chase-Cory House ca.1730
Built by Benjamin Chase, whaler. Andrew Cory purchased in 1816. Cory descendants here until 1962. Currently is Tiverton Historical Society house museum. . . . — — Map (db m312349) HM
On Main Road (Rhode Island Route 77) south of Wampanoag Lane, on the right when traveling north.
Tiverton citizens had a strong concern for the support of the poor. Some were sheltered in the Old Tavern on Main Road just south of the intersection of Souza Road "in a dimly lighted, unfurnished, unpainted attic chamber, containing one small . . . — — Map (db m312346) HM
Near Highland Road at Lawton Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
By the sincerity of his dedication and perseverance Dr. James W. Holt, Jr. motivated by the love for his community and the understanding of his environment, has served to preserve here an unspoiled display of our historical foundation which will . . . — — Map (db m48873) HM
On Main Road (Route 77) at Stone Bridge, on the right when traveling south on Main Road.
Aballo, Marianno S.
Aguiar, Manuel R.
Albert, Charles
Albert, Isaac F.
Amon, Arthur
Anthony, Irving Walker
Astin, John Richard
Astin, Walter Lees
Beattie, Hamilton
Beattie, Malcolm Burch
Beaulieu, . . . — — Map (db m312359) WM
On Highland Road south of Lawton Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Aballo, Edman R.
Aballo, Joseph
Aballo, Norman
Aballo, R.H.J.
Aguiar, Anthony
Aguiar, Dimas P.
Aguiar, Jesse M.
Aguiar, John
Aguiar, John P. Jr.
Aguiar, Michael F.
Aguiar, Michael Jr.
Almas, Frank M. . . . — — Map (db m312344) WM
Near East Road (Rhode Island Route 179) near Rod Way, on the right when traveling east.
Native people thrived in Narragansett Bay for thousands of years. Giovanni da Verrazzano explored the bay in 1524 and described them as "the most beautiful and the most civilized... we have found," with land that was a "patchwork of cultivated . . . — — Map (db m306718) HM
