The Cowesett Pound is an historic animal pound on Cowesett Road in Warwick, Rhode Island. The pound, a roughly square structure built of unmortared fieldstone four to five feet in height, is estimated to have been built in 1742 by David Greene, although there was an older (probably wooden) pound already at the site. Its walls were probably once topped by capstones, but only one of these survives. The entrance to the pound has a wooden gate added during a 20th-century restoration.[2]

Cowesett Pound
Cowesett Pound is located in Rhode Island
Cowesett Pound
Cowesett Pound is located in the United States
Cowesett Pound
LocationWarwick, Rhode Island
Coordinates41°41′8″N 71°27′44″W / 41.68556°N 71.46222°W / 41.68556; -71.46222
Built1742
ArchitectDavid Greene
NRHP reference No.87000994 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 4, 1987

The pound was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Cowesett Pound" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-09-03.