Pound Rd. and Chopmist Hill Rd., Glocester, Rhode Island. County/parish: Providence.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 22, 1970. NRIS 70000021.
1 contributing structure.
The Glocester Town Pound is a historic animal pound on Pound Road and Chopmist Hill Road in Glocester, Rhode Island.
The stone pound was built in 1748 to confine stray livestock and is claimed by the town to be the oldest extant pound in America. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41375664