Jct. Adamsville, Westport Harbor, Main and Stone Church Rds., Little Compton, Rhode Island. County/parish: Newport.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 19, 2001. NRIS 01000465.
Part of Outdoor Sculpture of Rhode Island MPS (NRIS 64500748).
1 contributing object.
The Rhode Island Red Monument in the hamlet of Adamsville of Little Compton, Rhode Island, at the intersection of Main Street, Adamsville Road, and Old Harbor Road, commemorates the Rhode Island Red breed of chicken, Rhode Island's state bird. The sculpture was completed in 1925 by Henry L. Norton from Winthrop, Massachusetts.
The text of the monument reads:
To commemorate the birthplace of the / Rhode Island Red breed of fowl which / originated near this location / --red fowls bred extensively by / the farmers of this district and later / named "Rhode Island Reds" and brought into / national prominence by the poultry fanciers -- this tablet placed by the / Rhode Island Red Club of America / with contributions of Rhode Island Red / breeders throughout the world / on land donated by / Deborah Manchester / 1925
The monument was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41374346