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Instead of growing up around a mill like the other villages of West
Warwick, Westcott formed around the Westcott homestead and toll house located there to collect the tolls from the New London Turnpike. However, the village remained undeveloped for many years, only being identified as one on an 1895
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One of the most significant buildings in
Westcott is the former Warwick High School. Built from 1904 to 1905, this Neo-Classical structure served as Warwick's high school until West Warwick split off from Warwick in 1913, where it then became West Warwick's high school. Robert Bryon Treat, a member
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was originally dedicated in June 1914 at this high school. The building remained the West
Warwick High School until 1965 when the new high school was built on land donated by the Knight family. In 1983 the façade was altered, a new addition was added, and the whole building was converted into
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Providence Street by the Greene Company. It also was the location of the local schools attended by Riverpoint students, like the elementary school (built in 1925) and the high school (built in 1904).
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soldier, this center-chimney Cape-style house had five rooms on the first floor and two on the second. Anthony's daughter, Sarah Rice, married John
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Warwick High School Commission, as well as the owner of the Centerville Mill, played an instrumental part in getting the original Warwick school built.
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Westcott-Rice House on 341 Providence Street and surrounding 14.62 lot was bought on 08/20/2020 for $ 600,000. The house no longer stands.
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