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United States historic place


Oak Lawn Village Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

The Edward Searle House
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Location	Wilbur Ave. from Natick Rd. to Oaklawn Ave., includes Searle, Exchange, and Wheelock Sts., Cranston, Rhode Island
Coordinates	41°44′57″N 71°29′6″W / 41.74917°N 71.48500°W / 41.74917; -71.48500
Area	30 acres (12 ha)
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Late Victorian, Colonial
NRHP reference No.	77000004
Added to NRHP	November 25, 1977

Oak Lawn or Oaklawn is a historical village in southwest Cranston, Rhode Island. Before being named "Oak Lawn" in 1872 the area was known as "Searle's Corner". The Edward Searle House, built in 1677, and one of the oldest standing structures in Rhode Island, is located in Oak Lawn. The village is known for its annual May Breakfast, a New England tradition that began in Oak Lawn in 1865 as a way for the members of the Oak Lawn Baptist Church to raise money for local American Civil War veterans. The 1855 Herman Melville novel "Israel Potter" is based on the life and adventures of an American Revolutionary soldier who was raised on a farm near present-day Oak Lawn. Oak Lawn is also the site of an important archeological excavation: in the 1950s archeologists discovered bowls and other Native American artifacts, carved from soapstone and dating back more than 10,000 years. In the pre-colonial era the area was populated with bands of the Narragansett Indians known as the "Meshanticut" and "Natick" Indians.

Much of the village was designated a historic district by the city of Cranston, and a section of the village, extending along Wilbur Avenue from Natick Road to Exchange Street, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 as the Oak Lawn Historic District.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
"NRHP nomination for Oak Lawn Historic District" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved August 1, 2014.

External links

Oaklawn history from the City of Cranston website

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