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Rumford, Rhode Island

Section of East Providence, Rhode Island, US

Summary

Section of East Providence, Rhode Island, US

Field	Value
name	Rumford Historic District
nrhp_type	hd
nocat	yes
image	Rumford National Register Historic District collage 2013.jpg
location	Pleasant St. and Greenwood and Pawtucket Aves, East Providence, Rhode Island
coordinates
locmapin	Rhode Island#USA
area	150 acre
architecture	Queen Anne, Shingle Style
added	November 28, 1980
mpsub	East Providence MRA
refnum	80000008
decrease_refnum	100002777
decrease	August 6, 2018
increase_refnum	100002778
increase	August 6, 2018

Rumford is the northern section of the city of East Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Also considered a neighborhood or village, the Rumford section of East Providence borders Seekonk, Massachusetts to the east, Pawtucket, Rhode Island to the north, and the Ten Mile River (Seekonk River) to the south.

History

Since the establishment of the separate parish formed by Newman Congregational Church in 1643, Rumford has had a community identity. Rumford has been part of three towns and two states: Rehoboth then Seekonk in Massachusetts, then East Providence in Rhode Island.

Eben Norton Horsford, a Harvard chemist who received the Rumford Chair of Physics in 1847, developed the first practical calcium phosphate baking powder. He co-founded Rumford Chemical Works in 1859, named in honor of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, his benefactor. Rumford Baking Powder was made in the town at the Rumford Chemical Works, which led to Rumford's current name.

Rumford became part of Rhode Island in 1862.

Wannamoisett Country Club was established in Rumford in 1898 on land rented from Rumford Chemical Works and it hosts the Northeast Amateur Invitational Golf Tournament each year. The 1931 PGA Championship was played here.

About 150 acre of the Rumford area was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, encompassing the historic heart of old Seekonk and the 19th-century center of East Providence.

Bridgham Memorial Library Rumford hist dist.jpg|Bridgham Memorial Library First Baptist Church, Rumford RI 1879.jpg|First Baptist Church, designed by William Walker Persy's Place diner Rumford (East Providence) Rhode Island.jpg|Persy's Place diner, on Newport Avenue

References

{{NRISref. 2007a
[https://newmanucc.org Newman Congregational Church]. Accessed 25 July 2025.
"Northeast Amateur Invitational Golf Tournament". Northeast Amateur Golf Tournament.
King, Bill. (September 20, 1931). "Creavy whips Shute, 2 and 1, for pro golf title". Chicago Sunday Tribune.
"Historic Resources of East Providence, Rhode Island (PDF pages 7-19)". Rhode Island Preservation.

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