# Davisville Naval Construction Battalion Center

Davisville, RI · industrial · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `n-631e86925b` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/industrial/ri/davisville-davisville-naval-construction-battalion-center/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-631e86925b.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-631e86925b.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/n-631e86925b

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | built | none |
| Strategy | redevelop | none |
| New use | civic, hotel, industrial, mixed, retail | none |
| Redeveloper | State of Rhode Island | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Parties

- State of Rhode Island — developer

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Davisville is a village in the town of North Kingstown and county of Washington County in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It was formerly the home of the Davisville Naval Construction Battalion Center, which housed the United States Navy's SeaBees.


== Village description ==
The mill village of Davisville in North Kingstown, Rhode Island is named after the Davis family. Historical evidence indicates that the family was involved in buying and selling enslaved people. Both Amtrak and MBTA's Providence/Stoughton Line pass through Davisville, though there is no railroad station here.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davisville,_Rhode_Island

## Sources

- Davisville, Rhode Island — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davisville,_Rhode_Island

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Davisville Naval Construction Battalion Center, Davisville, RI." Record n-631e86925b, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/industrial/ri/davisville-davisville-naval-construction-battalion-center/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_davisvilledavisvillenavalconstructionbat,
  title = {Davisville Naval Construction Battalion Center, Davisville, RI},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/industrial/ri/davisville-davisville-naval-construction-battalion-center/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-631e86925b, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.