Historic Walking Tours of Narragansett Pier
Left: Narragansett Pier, R.I. Illustrated, 1891 (SCM) Right: SCM photo-jrt 2010
Ninigret Cottage
22 Mathewson Street
21/2-story, U-plan residence, originally covered by clapboards but later shingled. Beneath the
north gable there remains part of the decorative bracing which was once topped by a finial and
found on all gable ends.
Years Built
c 1875, with additions c 1885
Comment
Named for a 17th-century Narragansett Indian chief