The entire town commons is also on the National Register of Historic Places.

Little Compton is the location for one of three town commons in Rhode Island.

The paper's November 17, 1792 issue contained a notice by the city's founder, James White, threatening to prosecute anyone caught cutting timber on the town commons.

Could anyone have known that the stoner from high school who spent senior year playing Hacky Sack on the town commons would turn out to be a fashion icon?

The peasants were arrested for stealing the crops of the galantuomini ("gallant men" or ruling class), and a particularly frequent crime was the illegal cutting of timber on the town commons.

As the truck reached the southwest corner of the town commons, McCoy saw a great deal more activity than he had when he'd walked around here yesterday.

The population at the time was 17,633, and soon, a court, jail, hospital, cemetery, library, and two town commons were established.

Residents poured into the streets, clutching what possessions they could, and found refuge on the grassy town commons (today, City Hall Park).

In 1869 it became the town commons.

There is a small museum near the town commons dedicated to its history.