Usquepaug, Rhode Island
Appearance
Usquepaug Road Historic District | |
Location | South Kingstown, Rhode Island |
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Architect | Alpin,Stephen A.; Et al. |
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 87001298 [1] |
Added to NRHP | October 30, 1987 |
Usquepaug (or "Usquepaugh") is a village in the towns of Richmond and South Kingstown in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States, along the Usquepaug River.
The village is home to Kenyon Corn Meal Company, a grist mill founded in the late 1600s, and currently located in a building constructed in 1886. The corn meal is used in a traditional Rhode Island food, johnny cakes.[2]
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Kenyon Corn Meal Company interior in 2008
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Kenyon Corn Meal Company interior in 2008
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Corn over the grinding stone in Kenyon's johnnycake flour mill in Usquepaugh, RI, (near Kingston) 1940
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23.
- ^ kenyonsgristmill.com "history" (accessed November 6, 2008)