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Block House

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Block House.jpg Roger Williams on his Way to Visit the Chief of the Narragansett IndiansThumbnailsA Puritan FireplaceRoger Williams on his Way to Visit the Chief of the Narragansett IndiansThumbnailsA Puritan FireplaceRoger Williams on his Way to Visit the Chief of the Narragansett IndiansThumbnailsA Puritan FireplaceRoger Williams on his Way to Visit the Chief of the Narragansett IndiansThumbnailsA Puritan FireplaceRoger Williams on his Way to Visit the Chief of the Narragansett IndiansThumbnailsA Puritan Fireplace

Near the meeting-house stood the block-house. This was a rude, strongly built structure, where the people of the village could take refuge in case of attack from Indians.