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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Westerly, Rhode Island
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Founded in 1750 as Lotteryville
So named from the 1750 land lottery granted by the Rhode Island Assembly to Captain Joseph Pendleton to recoup the loss of his brigantine and its cargo on a return from the West Indies. Renamed Avondale in 1893 when . . . — — Map (db m30394) HM
A.D. 1904
Erected by the Samuel Ward Society, Children of the American Revolution of Westerly, Rhode Island, to mark the site of the birthplace of Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Ward, born in Westerly, November 17, 1756, died in New York City, August . . . — — Map (db m68757) WM
Highlights of the History
The Watch Hill Merry-Go-Round was built by the Charles Dare Company of NYC in 1867 using overstocked rocking horses
A traveling carnival brought the Merry-Go-Round to Watch Hill in 1883 and just left it here . . . — — Map (db m68179) HM
Park Arboretum
Wilcox Park is an Arboretum, a museum of living trees. Many of the extant trees were built into Warren Manning's original park design. The design included the planting of additional trees, using the varieties available . . . — — Map (db m226887) HM
Arthur Shurcliff
Arthur A. Shurcliff, or Shurtleff, was born in 1870. Like Warren H. Manning, the original Park landscape architect, Shurcliff also started his professional career in the Olmstead Landscape Architecture Offices. In . . . — — Map (db m226886) HM
The Bandstand
The Wilcox Park Bandstand was commissioned by the Memorial and Library Association as a performance space for the Westerly Band. It was designed and built by R.A. Sherman and Sons in 1902 and restored in 2017. The . . . — — Map (db m226851) HM
The New London Steamboat Co. operated between 1882 and 1904 providing service between New London, CT, and Watch Hill, RI and Block Island, RI. Summer visitors would take the steamboat for day trips to the beaches and to visit at the resort . . . — — Map (db m226900) HM
This is the third building for the parish of Christ Church, Westerly, organized in 1834. The cornerstone of the present building, designed in the Gothic Revival style, was laid in 1891 and the completed church was consecrated on October 16, 1894. . . . — — Map (db m226891) HM
Comfort Station
Built in the Arts and Crafts style popular at the turn of the 20th century, this Comfort Station was opened October 11, 1911. It served as a public rest room for nearly half a century. Although Comfort Stations were . . . — — Map (db m226847) HM
Frank Hamilton
Frank Hamilton, a great-great-grandson of Alexander Hamilton, was the Superintendent of Parks for New York during World War I. In 1906, Wilcox Park nearly doubled in size when the seven-acre Brown Farm was added. . . . — — Map (db m226879) HM
The Westerly granite industry began in 1846, when Orlando Smith discovered a granite outcrop on his farm. After the Civil War, the Westerly granite industry flourished due to the demand for high quality granite for monuments. This demand . . . — — Map (db m226839) HM
The home of Doctor Joshua Babcock, first physician and first postmaster in Westerly. Chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Colony of Rhode Island.
In this house was the first post office in Westerly. — — Map (db m226783) HM
In recognition of those who served in the Armed Forces during the Korean War 1950 - 1953
Major Frederick C. Roever (HQ)
1st Lieutenant Frederick T. Rogers (Commanding Officer)
1st Lieutenant James F. Gormally, Jr. (Executive . . . — — Map (db m226813) WM
To memorialize her husband, Stephen Wilcox, Mrs. Harriet Hoxie Wilcox purchased seven acres of land in downtown Westerly in 1898, and donated it to the Memorial and Library Association. Mr. Wilcox, a successful businessman and inventor, had . . . — — Map (db m226896) HM
Near this Spot in 1846 Orlando Smith Stonemason from the neighboring State of Connecticut, searching for Stone and superior Quality, discovered the hidden Deposit of Westerly Granite and founded here a Granite Industry.
On this . . . — — Map (db m226780) HM
To the Soldiers and Sailors
who served and to all the patriotic
men and women who helped
defend the nations honor
- in the war with Spain -
Dedicated July 18, 1924 — — Map (db m68273) WM
At the top of the marker, inscribed in a circle around an anchor, is the word Hope and the dates 1636 - 1936.
Entrance to the shipyard 1834-1874 whence sailed whalers and merchantmen hewn from native timber, commanded by native sons. . . . — — Map (db m31104) HM
Warren Manning
Warren H. Manning was a landscape architect and horticulturist, born in 1860 to a nurseryman and a watercolor artist. He was the lead botanist for Frederick Law Olmstead for 12 years. Olmstead is considered to be the . . . — — Map (db m226880) HM
"The people shall have a Park." - Harriet Wilcox, 1898
Wilcox Park
A 15-Acre Victorian Strolling Park
Stephen Wilcox, the major benefactor of the Library, died before the Library building was . . . — — Map (db m226843) HM
In Memory Of All Who Gave Their
Lives And In Honor Of All Who
Served To Preserve Our Freedom
( far left panel)
Korean Conflict
Robinson Donald W. Choquette Arthur G. Barr J. Lindsey Gaccione Louis R. Chase Howard F. Jr. . . . — — Map (db m68234) WM
Westerly Armory has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996 by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m226811) HM
The Westerly Band is the oldest non-military musical organization in continuous service in the United States. It was established in 1852, but many members left to fight in the Civil War. Eight original members revived the Westerly Band in 1863 in . . . — — Map (db m226814) HM
Westerly Library
The Library is a memorial to the Civil War Soldiers, the first and largest memorial in the Park. The Library was designed by Longstaff and Hurd of Bridgeport, CT in the style of an Italian palazzo and opened in 1894. . . . — — Map (db m226893) HM
Beloved children's book author Margaret Wise Brown (1910-1952) penned more than 100 children's books including The Runaway Bunny (1942), Little Fur Family (1946), and Goodnight Moon (1947).
Margaret spent many happy . . . — — Map (db m226892) HM
Westerly
World War
Memorial
1917 – 1918
( south plaque on the column )
5th Co., C.A.C., R.I.N.G.
Adams, Edmund Adams, Irving R. Arnott, George Asher, Lloyd Barber, Wilfred Bentley, John I. Bernasconi, Peter . . . — — Map (db m69006) WM
Wilcox Pond
Freshwater ponds are plentiful in the natural landscape of this region. The pond here in Wilcox Park is manmade, taking advantage of a natural depression. It was originally fed by a local abandoned stone quarry. . . . — — Map (db m226854) HM
