NEWS RELEASES
Editor's Note: This news item was retrieved and first published through The Narragansett Times's website.
The Wakefield Historic District has grown to include a larger portion of Main Street, beginning last month. Wakefield’s Historic District has been recognized on the National Register of Historic Places for more than two decades. A greater portion of Main Street has been recognized and deemed worthy of preservation, thanks to the efforts of South County History Center Executive Director Erica Luke and her team.
Allie Lewis of The Narragansett Times relays in her article, "After winning a bid from the Town of South Kingstown in the Fall of 2018, Luke and her team began the task of not only digging up the necessary documents from their archives to expand the historic district boundaries, but also collaborating and updating the structures that were part of the original application." Once the application is completed, it first moves to a state board for approval before the application is officially submitted to the Department of the Interior on the federal level. The South County History Center hopes to provide an exhibit detailing the history of Main Street in Wakefield, and to provide information about the works and efforts that went into expanding the historic district.
To read more on The Wakefield Historic District, click here.