The Commons, This town common area is where one can find a bite to eat, a bank, convenience stores, etc.Rhode Island Red Monument, Main Street, Adamsville.Gravesite of first white girl born in New England, a daughter of Pilgrims John and Priscilla Alden. Monument to Elizabeth Pabodie, Commons Burial Ground.
It contains an old 1804 post office, an original soda fountain, candy and tobacco cases, and ice chest. Built in 1788, one of the oldest continuously operating stores in the country. Memorial Day-Labor Day: M-F 9:30AM-5:30PM, Sa 9:30AM-5PM, Su and holidays noon-4PM winter: M-F 9:30AM-5:30PM, Sa 9:30AM-5PM, closed Su and holidays. Barn contains historical New England farm items and tools. The Wilbor House was built during 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries and restored in 1956 by the Historical Society. Historic early 1700s building, maintained by Little Compton Historical Society. If exploring The Commons, walking will suffice as it is in a small area. Also, there is very little traffic running along Little Compton's main road (Route 77) which makes cycling, walking, and running a more practical means of transportation. There aren't many hills in Little Compton. Little Compton is a bicycle-friendly place because of the long, low sloping roads which travel throughout the area. For the athletic and/or light packers, a bicycle will suffice. Because of this, travelers will desire a car or motorcycle. Little Compton is a small town, but spread across a big portion of land.
Once on route 77, anywhere in Little Compton can be easily accessed within twenty minutes. Route 77 runs through the center of Little Compton all the way to the coastline. North on East Main Road (Route 138) or West Main Road (Route 114) to Route 24 North.įrom here, directions are the same as Providence and Boston Areas Some common routes are:Īt the traffic light at Tiverton Four Corners most travelers go straight, but Little Compton and Adamsville can be reached by going left.įrom 24 south directions are the same as from Boston Area. In order to get to Little Compton, travelers must either go through Tiverton, RI or Westport, MA.
Its claim to fame is that it is where the famous Rhode Island Red (a breed of fowl and the Rhode Island state bird) was developed. Little Compton is one of the only places in the state where you can walk on a large, grassy farm while looking out onto the Atlantic Ocean. It is between the Sakonnet River on its west and Massachusetts and the West Branch of the Westport River to the east. It includes the villages of Adamsville and Sakonnet. Committed to independence and a pioneer in her own right, her deeds are visible to this day-deeds rooted in the earth, the earth woven with history, offering gifts of spiritual plenty.Little Compton is a rural farming town in Newport County in southeastern Rhode Island.
With striking confidence she saw her people to safety through war, and endured political tensions-both within the community of colonists and her own tribe. She forged strategic relations with Benjamin Church, an English settler, which blossomed into a lasting friendship. Queen of the Sakonnets, Awashonks led her people with grace and fearlessness. Sounds which recall the great Sakonnet chief Awashonks, immortal in her terrain. With the arrival of a new world, Benjamin Church and the Plymouth settlers planted a legacy… Hear the trees and the wind’s sigh smoothing over the vineyard greens. In their native tongue, the land was known as “the place where water pours forth.” Influenced by their presence, the earth calls back to its past in its soil, the roots. Bound deeply to the earth and its bounty, the Sakonnet people once lived here. Jeweled with their essence, Sakonnet holds a history of natural beauty and plenty crystallized in the earth… Traces of them still bloom.
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