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| | Preserve America Community: Lincoln, Rhode Island |
 | | Preserve America is a White House initiative in cooperation with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; the U.S. Departments of Defense, Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation, and Education; the National Endowment for the Humanities; the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities; and the President's Council on Environmental Quality. |
 | | Lincoln (population 20,898) was settled in 1650 and prospered due to its location on the Great Road, one of the earliest roads built in America, which ran from Providence, Rhode Island, to Worcester, Massachusetts. |
 | | In 1997, the town purchased Hearthside (1810), an historic home threatened with demolition, and is working with Friends of Hearthside, Inc., to rehabilitate and reuse the property. |
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