Miantonomi Memorial Park

Miantonomi Memorial Park
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
World War I memorial tower on the hill at the park
Location:	Newport, Rhode Island
Built:	1637
Architect:	William Mitchell Kendall; McKim, Mead & White
Architectural style:	No Style Listed
Governing body:	Local
NRHP Reference#:	69000003 [1]
Added to NRHP:	June 23, 1969

Miantonomi Memorial Park is an historic park between Hillside Avenue and Girard Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island.

The Narragansett Indians used the area around the park for hundreds of years and the park (and the hill it is on) is named after Sachem, or Chief, Miantonomi. European settlers used the hill as a lookout and in 1667 built a beacon atop the Hill and later fortifications during the American Revolution. In 1921 the City of Newport received the property from the local Stokes family. The Park Commission built a stone tower in 1929 as a World War I memorial. Miantonomi Memorial Park's 30 acres (120,000 m²) became part of the Aquidneck Land Trust through an easment in 2005.[1]

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  World War I memorial

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  view of Narragansett Bay from the hill

References

Park Information

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.