Old Buttonwoods (Warwick, Rhode Island)

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Old Buttonwoods is a neighborhood located in the West Bay area of Warwick, Rhode Island. The Old Buttonwoods section of Warwick was founded as a summer colony in 1871 by the Rev. Moses Bixby of Providence’s Cranston Street Baptist Church, who was looking for a serene vacation retreat for his congregation. He envisioned a community that would be similar to Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard, where the Methodists established a summer campground in 1835. Today, this coastal neighborhood on Greenwich Bay is home to people from many different religious backgrounds.

This residential neighborhood is small, about 170 houses, and most of the houses are historic, with many Victorian cottages and larger shingled bungalows in the Arts and Crafts style. The waterfront along Promenade Avenue has many mature trees in their streets.