Foster Center, Rhode Island

Foster Center Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
File:Foster school house.jpg
Foster School House in 2008
Location	Foster, Rhode Island
Architect	Unknown
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Colonial
NRHP Reference #	74000050
Added to NRHP	May 11, 1974

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Foster Center is a village in the town of Foster, Rhode Island, United States. It was listed as a census-designated place (CDP) in 2010, with a population of 355. Historic elements of the village are included in the Foster Center Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The district features various colonial and Greek Revival houses as well as the still functioning town building from the late 18th century. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 11, 1974.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.18 square miles (5.65 km²), of which 2.17 square miles (5.61 km²) is land and 0.015 square miles (0.04 km²), or 0.66%, is water. The village is located near the western border of Rhode Island along Rhode Island Route 94, which leads north to West Glocester and south towards Clayville.

Images

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  Foster Town Building, ca. 1796, the oldest government meeting house of its type in the United States where town meetings have been held continuously since 1801

• Foster Center Baptist Church.jpg

  Foster Center's Baptist Church

• Foster Town Pound Rhode Island.jpg

  Foster's Town Pound, ca. 1845

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence County, Rhode Island