Primrose, Rhode Island

Primrose is a village in North Smithfield, Rhode Island, United States. The village is located in the area around Greenville Road and Providence Pike. The village takes its name from the Primrose railroad station which existed on Greenville Road for the Providence and Springfield Railroad which began service in 1873. The Primrose Fire Department and North Smithfield High School are located in the area. The historic Primrose Grange (1887) building is located on Grange Road as well as several eighteenth-century farms surrounded by stonewalls.[1]

Primrose Station at the turn of the twentieth century
Historic Grange Building (1887) on Grange Road in Primrose near Rocky Hill Road, pictured in 2013
  1. ^ NORTH SMITHFIELD RECONNAISSANCE REPORT BLACKSTONE VALLEY HERITAGE LANDSCAPE INVENTORY 2010 http://www.nps.gov/blac/parkmgmt/upload/N-Smithfield-HLI-Report-12-15-10.pdf