Lonsdale, Rhode Island

Infobox_nrhp | name =Lonsdale Historic District
nrhp_type = hd


caption =
location= Lonsdale, Rhode Island
locmapin = Rhode Island
area =
built =1830
architect= Multiple
architecture= Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Greek Revival, Late Victorian
added = May 25, 1984
governing_body = Local
refnum=84002022cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

Lonsdale is a village and historic district in Lincoln, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States, near 146 RI and Route 95. The village was originally part of the town of Smithfield, Rhode Island until Lincoln was created in the 1870s. Lonsdale was home to several manufacturers including the Lonsdale Company's Bleachery.

External links and references

* [http://www.uri.edu/library/special_collections/registers/churches/christchurch/Mss.%20Gr.%2095f.html URI Records of Christ Church in Lonsdale]
*Town of Lincoln, R.I. Once in a hundred years: a pictorial history. Lincoln, R.I.: Centennial publication of the Town of Lincoln R.I., 1971.
* [http://www.quahog.org/factsfolklore/index.php?id=116 Floating Island of Lonsdale by Mildred Laxton Kelley]

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