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10 unusual facts about Great Road


Great Road

the Great Road, also known as the Great East Road and other names, an ancient way across Eriador in Tolkien's fictional Middle-earth

Great Wagon Road, a historic road from Pennsylvania south into North Carolina

Wilderness Road, a road that traverses the Appalachians through the Cumberland Gap

Great Road Style

In organizing and providing a narrative for this treasure trove of material, White and her research team have defined and delineated for the first time what constitutes Great Road Style.

Hearthside

Hearthside is a historic house in Lincoln, Rhode Island at 677 Great Road (Rt. 123), at the intersection of Breakneck Hill Road.

North Smithfield, Rhode Island

Union Village, along Rhode Island Route 146A achieved local prominence as an important stagecoach stop on the route along Great Road.

Peleg Arnold Tavern

The Peleg Arnold Tavern off Great Road in Union Village in North Smithfield, Rhode Island was built around 1690 and is one the oldest homes in North Smithfield.

Rhode Island Route 146A

Eddie Dowling Highway, Smithfield Road, Great Road, Victory Highway, North Main Street and Quaker Highway

Smithfield Friends Meeting House, Parsonage and Cemetery

Their original Meeting House, built in 1719, was connected to a chain of Quaker Meeting Houses that were built along Great Road (near Union Village and Smithfield Road Historic District).

Union Village, Rhode Island

Union Village developed because it was at the cross roads of old Great Road (Smithfield Road Historic District) (connecting Providence and Worcester) and Pound Hill Road (connecting the Blackstone River falls to Chepachet and Connecticut).