The district extends westward on Division Street as far Dark Entry Brook, and the district properties on its north side now lie in the city of Warwick.

East Greenwich was settled in 1677 with its town center growing in the district, with a rural farm landscape to the west.

[2] The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

[1] It includes several separately-listed properties: the Windmill Cottage at 144 Division Street, the Kent County Courthouse, the Gen. James Mitchell Varnum House, the Armory of the Kentish Guards, and the Col. Micah Whitmarsh House.

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