Westerly Downtown Historic District

The Westerly Downtown Historic District is a historic district encompassing most of the commercial and civic district of Westerly, Rhode Island, United States. It extends from Broad and Union Streets eastward along High Street, and north along Canal Street to Railroad Avenue, where it extends to include the historic railroad station. The district contains a compact and cohesive collection of commercial and civic buildings built primarily during the last three decades of the 19th century and the first three decades of the 20th century, including the Old Town Hall (1872–74), the current Town Hall (1912), the Spanish Colonial railroad station (1912), and the Greek Revival post office (1914).[2]

Westerly Downtown Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
View west along Broad Street (US 1 southbound), 2008
Location	Westerly, Rhode Island
Area	24.7 acres (10.0 ha)
Built	1840
Architect	Multiple
Architectural style	Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian, Art Deco
NRHP reference No.	84002055 [1] (original) 95001288 (increase 1) 07001297 (increase 2)
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	July 19, 1984
Boundary increases	November 7, 1995 December 19, 2007

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, with minor expansions in 1995 and 2007.[1]

Representative Contributing Structures

Among the contributing buildings of the Westerly Downtown Historic District are the following:

• Old Town Hall, designed by builder Charles Maxson and architect Alfred E. Stone (completed 1874).
• Westerly Memorial and Public Library, architect Longstaff & Hurd (completed 1894; addition 1924).
• Town Hall and Courthouse, architect William R. Walker & Son (completed 1912).
• Westerly Railroad Station (completed in 1912).
• Post Office, architect James Knox Taylor (completed 1914).
• Industrial Trust Co. Building (completed 1916).
• Washington Trust Co. Building, architect York and Sawyer (completed in 1925).

Gallery of contributing structures

• 
  Westerly Memorial and Public Library (completed 1894; addition 1924).
• 
  Westerly Railroad Station (completed 1912).
• 
  Postcard view circa 1915 of railroad station.
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  Town Hall & Courthouse (completed 1912).
• 
  Westerly Post Office (completed 1914).
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  Industrial Trust Company (completed 1916).
• 
  Washington Trust Co. Building (completed 1925).

See also

• Wilcox Park Historic District, which partially overlaps this district
• North End Historic District (Westerly, Rhode Island)
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Rhode Island

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
2. "Westerly Downtown Historic District" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-08-13.

External links

• Westerly Pawcatuck Downtown Business Association
• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. RI-401, "Westerly Station, 14 Railroad Street, Westerly, Washington County, RI", 13 photos, 16 data pages, 2 photo caption pages