Ninigret

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Narragansett Pier, R.I. Illustrated, 1891 (SCM)                                                 SCM photo-jrt 2010

Ninigret Cottage

22 Mathewson Street

Architectural Description

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

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