Townhomes for Sale in Allenton, North Kingstown

Southwest of middle North Kingstown, Allenton was settled in the mid-1800s as the center of commerce for surrounding mill communities. Most of the original employee boarding houses and shops, including founder William H. Allen’s general store, are no longer here, but some 19th-century single-family homes remain. “North Kingstown is a large area. It’s a little tighter on the east side, where it runs along the coast, and more rural out here to the west, in Allenton. But you’re only 15 minutes to all the shopping that you need and close to the highways,” says Shirley Page, a Mott & Chace Sotheby’s International Realtor with nearly 25 years of experience working with South County clients. “Rhode Island is very unique like that. You can be in an urban environment and still feel very rural with land around your home and be five minutes from the beach. Allenton’s a prime example. It’s an ideal location,” says Anne McCrann, a Noonan/Lombardi Realtor with over a decade of experience. Colonials and farmhouses built before 1900 sit between 1920s Craftsman homes and late 20th-century split-levels and raised ranches. “They’re older, very unique, not cookie-cutter homes. A lot of