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FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 294 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, MA 02108 AREA FORM NO. 801 Town REHOBOTH Address Anawan Street (rte. 44) Historic Name Anawan Rock (Annawon Rock) PHOTO: (3x3" or 3x5" ,black & white) staple to left side of form Photo number SKETCH MAP CL uls Jacatinn in relation and DIGKTON Cedar Brook Lsch Use: Present commemorative Original --- DESCRIPTION: Date August 28, 1676 Source Church, Diary of King Philip's War, first edition 1716 Style Architect --- Exterior wall fabric --- Outbuildings_ Major alterations (with dates)_- JAMS Ahawan Rock swamp Squannakonk UTM: 19/316200/4636940 Recorded by V. H. Adams Organization Rehoboth Historical Commission Date August 1981 Moved --- Date Approx. acreage less than one Setting.
200 feet from road; rural wooded context (Staple additional sheets here) ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and evaluate "in terms of other buildings within the community.) HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community.) The event known as King Philip's War (1675-1676) had a great impact on the early colonial settlers in southeast Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Considerable deaths and material damage were incurred on both sides; however, its close marked the firm ascendancy of colonial power and the end of Native American resistance in the region. Anawan Rock is historically significant as the site of one of the closing confrontations of the war and as one of the few incidents for which an exact location is known.
On August 28, 1676, following the death of King Philip in Rhode Island, Captain Benjamin Church and his company of colonists and Indians sought out Annawon, one of two of Philip's remaining chieftains. Surprising him and his men here in Rehoboth, Church forced them to surrender. The Indians offered no resistance and Annawon gave Church Philip's regalia as a symbol of his defeat. Church promised to spare Annawon's life; however, he was called to Boston and upon his return to Plymouth within a few days found that Annawon had been executed. The incident and its site, Anawan Rock, were described by Benjamin Church in a narrative published in numerous editions (1716. 1772, 1825, 1865, and 1975).
The significance of Annawon's surrender is clearly expressed in the introduction of the most recent edition: "The surrender of Philip's regalia to Benjamin Church by the great Annawon, who had served both Philip and his father Massasoit, marked the real end of these Algonquin Indians. Compared with the standards of literate peoples, who have dramatized or philosophized about their defeats, this was a stoical, inarticulate passing. But it has its own heart-clutching eloquence BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher) Simpson, Alan and Mary, eds. Diary of King Philip's War 1675-1676 by Colonel Benjamin Church. The Pequot Press, 1975. * As the site of a significant historical event, Anawan Rock meets criterion A of the National Register of Historic Places individually.
10M - 7/82 NPS Form 10-900-a (3-82) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form Continuation sheet Item number Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Rehoboth Multiple Resource Area Massachusetts - Nomination/Type of Review "1. Rehoboth Village Historic District SubaFantive KevIer 2. Allen, Elisha, House Entered in the National Register . OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 For NPS use only received date entered Page dnr-11 3. 'Anawan Club Caretaker's House comben 4. Anawam Club Clubhouse CARETAICER'S AM SH4sintered in the National Regieter 5. Anawan Rock Entered in tbe National Regieter 6. Baker House Entered in teo National Register 7. Bliss, Abiah, House Entered in tae National Regleter 8. Bliss, Daniel, Homestead Entered in the National Register 9.
Bowen, Nathan, House Entered in the National Register 10. Bramble Hill Entered in the National Register Date/Signature Bau lua Porag d 4/413 Keeper Attest Keeper deluraBgera 6/6/83 Attest Keeper Attest fkeeper AelousByus 6/6/83 Attest fKeeper delousßyen 4/2/83 Attest Fkeeper adelmmaßyes clot Attest f'Keeper delouByew 6/6/89 Attest TKeeper Selom Byenr 616/83 Attest f Keeper DelmeBgen 616/83 Attest fKeeper debuaßyes 616/83 Attest NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Sntted States D &e te Mational Park Service EYALUATION / RETURN SHEET Anawan Rock (Rehoboth MRA) Bristol County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Roview: Roviower's comments: Working No. 44835/83 Fod. Reg.
Date: 2,7,84 Date Due: 726/83-6/9/83 Action: L ACCEPT 6/6/83 Intorad fu tha - RETURN- National Regleter - REJECT_ Federal Agoncy: -sample - request - appeal - NR decision Rocom./Criteria - Roviewer_ Discipline- Date continuation sheet -Nomination returned for: technical corrections cited below -substantive reasons discussad bolow 1. Name 2. Location Classification nosane Uoo Pullte heoulottton 4. Owner of Property rocscalbto 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Représentation in Existing Surveys wtor propeny boon etommined oligetta? 7. Description detontorato ruine unesposr boch check em _moved ael ( la awol ployetoas omgeerem summary paragraph completeness clarity alterations/integrity dates houndam selection 8.
Significance Ported Aroes ol stgnilcanes Chock and justity beler Spoetfic dates statement el Signillcanoo (In eno perograph) Buitder: Architeet summary paragraph completeness clarity applicable criteria justification of areas checked relating significance to the resource context relationship of integrity to significance justification of exception other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property Quedrangie neme - UMT References Varbel boundery doscriation and juatification 11. Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated signiticance of this property within the state is: netiona! - state - local State Historic Preservation Officer signature dete title 13. Other Maps Photographs Other Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to .
Signed Date Phone: 202 272-3504 Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Arawan Ruld Nehoboth mat, Ma MAR TT° S19S 199 31 40 30 (Uls. ROUTE' 60.si 301- 7c 100. 80 10 101 PrO 53 - 3 P/O 53 - 2 A10 9 - 01$ / 1: 9 EOEI E P/0 53 - 17 RVO $3 - 1B P/O $3 - 19 BIO 53 P/O 53-21 309,0 WiNTHRO# Anawan Rock - Anawan St. Form 801 Town of Rehoboth Property Map 1978 scale 1"=200' Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000292