Brownell Library, Little Compton

#8 among attractions in Little Compton

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Brownell Library (address: 44 Commons PO Box 146) is a place located in Little Compton (Rhode Island state) and belongs to the category of library.

It is situated at an altitude of 89 feet, and its geographical coordinates are 41°30'35"N latitude and 71°10'25"W longitude.

Among other places and attractions worth visiting in the area are: Wilbor House (history museum, 31 min walk), Friends Meeting House and Cemetery (church, 39 min walk), Stonybrook Estate Historic District, Aquidneck Island (neighbourhood, 89 min walk).

Coordinates: 41°30'35"N, 71°10'25"W

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44 Commons PO Box 146Little Compton United States

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Brownell Library – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Norman Bird Sanctuary, Newport National Golf Club, St. Columba's Chapel, Rhode Island Red Monument.

4.1 miW
Nature and wildlife, Museum, Park
Norman Bird Sanctuary, Middletown
104 min walk • Norman Bird Sanctuary is a 325-acre bird sanctuary, nature preserve, environmental education center, and museum at 583 Third Beach Road in Middletown, Rhode Island overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.
4.6 miW
41°31'53"N • 71°15'31"W
Newport National Golf Club, Middletown
119 min walk • Outdoor activities, Golf
3.5 miW
Historical place, Cemetery, Church
St. Columba's Chapel, Middletown
91 min walk • St. Columba's Chapel in Middletown, Rhode Island, is a parish church of the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island of the Episcopal Church. The church is located at 55 Vaucluse Avenue, Middletown, Rhode Island. The chapel is named for the Irish-born missionary St.
3.9 miNE
Monuments and statues, Memorial
Rhode Island Red Monument, Little Compton
99 min walk • 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.
1.2 miSW
History museum, Museum, Georgian architecture
Wilbor House, Little Compton
31 min walk • The Wilbor House is a historic house museum at 548 West Main Road in Little Compton, Rhode Island, and currently serves as the headquarters of the Little Compton Historical Society.
5 miW
Windmill
Boyd's Windmill, Middletown
128 min walk • Boyd's Windmill, also known as Boyd's Wind Grist Mill, is a historic smock mill at Paradise Valley Park on Prospect Avenue in Middletown, Rhode Island.
5.1 miW
Historical place, Museum, History museum
Whitehall Museum House, Middletown
130 min walk • The Whitehall Museum House is the farmhouse modified by Dean George Berkeley, when he lived in the northern section of Newport, Rhode Island that comprises present-day Middletown in 1729–1731, while working to open his planned St Paul's College on Bermuda.
3.9 miNE
Shop
Gray's Store, Little Compton
100 min walk • Gray's General Store is a general store located at 4 Main Street in Adamsville, Rhode Island. Founded in 1788, it operated for almost 225 years and was reputed to be the oldest continually operating general store in the United States.
4.2 miS
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Sakonnet Light, Little Compton
107 min walk • Sakonnet Light, built in 1884, is a sparkplug lighthouse near Sakonnet Point, Little Compton, Rhode Island, on the eastern side of the state. The light was deactivated in 1954 after Hurricane Carol and was going to be destroyed, but local citizens protested, and eventually Carl and Carolyn Haffenreffer bought the lighthouse in 1961.
4.9 miW
Museum, History museum
Paradise School, Middletown
126 min walk • The Paradise School is an historic school building at Paradise Avenue and Prospect Street in Middletown, Rhode Island. It is situated on farm land which historically belonged to the Whitman family for generations, and was donated by the family to the town of Middletown.
1.5 miNW
Church
Friends Meeting House and Cemetery, Little Compton
39 min walk • The Friends Meeting House and Cemetery is a historic Quaker meeting house and cemetery at 228A W. Main Road in Little Compton, Rhode Island.