Ocean Road Cottages

Historic Walking Tours of Narragansett Pier

Cottages Treasures Map 1 (Central Street) Map 2 (The Towers) Map 3 (Earlscourt)
Map 4 (Ocean Road) Map 4A (South)

Cottages of Ocean Road Historic District (& South)

The Ocean Road Historic District consists mainly of a handsome group of large, Late Victorian summer mansions set along
the rocky shoreline of the Atlantic Ocean.

Development of the area was precipitated by the opening of Ocean Road in 1882, although some of the structures date
from an earlier period. One of these, Hazard’s Castle, was begun in 1846 and was originally reached by a long driveway
from Point Judith Road. This house was not completed, however, until 1884, when the tall stone tower at the eastern end
of the complex, one of the town’s most important landmarks, was finished other additions have been made to this building
in the 20th century.

Most of the other structures here were built between 1882 and 1891 as summer homes for wealthy out-of-town residents.
These grand houses, with their spacious, well kept grounds, form a cohesive historical and architectural fabric worthy of
preservation.