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period and the ollhlandi ll!i:" wor k o f PeterHa rrison :"e ..... " n n \ he ruage teo-ived ea rlv recogn inon. :\'a liona ll y, \ pOJadic inrl 'If''' ' appeared lat eIn Iht' eig h lf't'n th ceruurv . In 17% Benjamin 1..atrobeexpre,,('(! reKre t {)\(' I de moli t ion of Green Sprin g .a n a nc ie n t srmrru re in j ame-, Co u mv . \ 'irginia .Dcmoluio n o f BIl\l oll ' ''' Old Brir k :\Ie(' t ing Ho use in1808 ca used a flurr y of protest . P lans 10 sal vageindependence Hall tK"~an in Philadelph ia in IflUa nd resrora non efforts conunucd follo win g irsacqui siuou by lilt' fit Y' in 1M16. Of pa rticula r interestfor Rhode lslanderv ami Newporterv, because ofassociarion with the Pell Fa m il y. wa s Ill(' preset \'al ion of Fort Tin)IJd t' ro~a , l\'ew York . W ill iamFt'Hi s l' el l , " lIIKh l lip in its roma n li(' h istory ,l('a sl.'d it in I R20 and ...a\"(·<1 i l from fu rther va nda li"m .Lal(·' a l'q ui red by his la m il y, lht, fo rt was lina ll yu 'slOled by Su'ph(,1l PI'II ('a rly in li lt' tW('llIi e lh((' n m ry .

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'1I 1I111WI \ l, iu ll' Iik" Ilc'l ,IIio ( ; It', 'n o u Rh a nd OIh"I 'wlH'''-' 1II11 1lt' II H ' nil ;111 h ilt~ Hil t' and j hr- at t , inR' ''' l lII a nd "I ,, 'wl1 l'I I' wav HIIl, idera h ll'_ Ikg- in nin g111 1l'l."J1. he ddi"'lnl 'C '\Tlal imponant It't 'Hue,.in c' lll' .,f whu h. " Fal l) Art hll t'l t ur e- ( I f Xewporr"ddi H'IC'l! III I H'I.'I hdOlt, IIH' Ill' wh nq~'iIl i leJ

Xn,"!,oll IIi 'llJl ica I ,"oc u-tv. Ill' e- ta bli vhed hi , p rev-rvauon I1l1 t'l l" " ' I a li n~ th a t :\' ewpOll ' ~ ea rly, n u, linn It'q ui ln t PH-" 'I \'ali oll lnuh for their. ttr hin-r rujal \a lm', and hl'loril al a "' l)( ia l io n" HI'',IW Iht"I' lol" I1I; r1 h lllll l" ;I' "i nrnhators of rill'A1111'1 11 an , p i I i I c,I tUTl1< 'Ill , ill r q~r il y ;1nd en In pli ,c'rha l bict fai l 1I'II,\ '.,luIIl'nill' till' wo rld " lie fu rt herIIl.II'd thdl Ilw " p l;l ill ;\Ild I tH'ap wo od ..In ll llll e .."0 1 hI .. ,11111'''1'''', "a h h "ll~h Itlt' dl ,toralion wa ..( o ll fI IH'c! 10 ,,'\na l l lJlI\T I1 11 n lla l an'a .. and Ih t·1I"Il';lll' d It',ll lll n n frt" n Ill'. a llll' I11OllOlonou .., alwa Y"11' lI1 ailwd Ih a ' tt' a lld k .c;i l ima lt' ;111t! l tlell' i ..'1;lICd\.1 hll itc!l n .c; n l th i, pI'liod whelt' Hil l Ian fin d

;I I l lIlII'\ 01 1Il.1PPI Op l i.1lt" fllll aml'lIl ", h iit' in IHIC,I'i ' I' Iht, I fll1\ t' nil' lH I' o f li lt' in rt'l ll;11all<ln gemt'1l1

'0; 11 II Ii, ed In I'Xl\' I Il;r1 "ppe,lI;r lie I' ." II i ~ OWII a rou nd

ptH!' we-tt- ;llmo" wuhout "x«'plion c lo , t, 10

t' ig h tlTIl rh -I I' IIIUI\ 1I10t.kl,,"

R\ IIudo'lI lllI\ w.un-n-d e (fnll' "'t'It' l)t' i n~ Ill;,c!e

1IIIt 'I o ld hu i ltlill~' ;iIId , it'w, o f (i l ie, a nd I ll "'l1 ~

101 IUllII l' It'ft'U'III I' , Ed wa ld 1.. Peckha m . w hohad made a ,t" i,'" n l walt'ln ll"l viewv of PH" lIit'1l1I'in Iht , I X~O" IM il lll~l l lw vame 'lent".. aRain in theUHO, ,1I1t1 ";1I1\ :1(J, 10 indican change-, th a t hadOlllllll't! , l he Rhode l vlnn d Hi -roric al Soc 11'1\ <II'llinniared Iht, pIa. lilt' of 1I'lordillg b uilding,rb.u could 1111I 1)1' <w\ e-d - J o h n Ru , ,,"l1 flHlI t' lI \\,1'

commi ..vione-d ro lll"k";1 st'rie, of record drawi ngof PfI ,\ ill" 1\{ t: a nd ;I d;l~Ut'I1t'OI\ 1)(' wa .. ta ken of tilt'old CoHn:' 110 11 ,, ' 1)I'lcHl' il~ dcmoli uon in the IIGO.._

R\ mrell 1'11I111\ ;1 ft'", all lll'olog1C'allll\t"lIgalloll~

.....ell· alco undr-rwav . l:.It hariah Allen . 1,111" \ ict'!,It"Idt'IIl III T Ill' R hcM;I(, " LlIId Hi-aorical "i0\ it'l\Irruu Il'IiO am! plt',idt'nr fr0111 1l'l1'l0 10 1l'lI'lZ, who'1M;';lI lw;ItII'l1 Tn.t·;111 h 11I 11I 1I)( ';lIlon III the ,pung,ill', hOllw vue-, ,11 111 burial ..Ill' of Ru~t"I \\' t1 ham ~ .

precented h i' '1\1(1\ III IWill , ,"Olllt" (IIII' hund redvea t v t'a l l je-r, a lxun I is:i , IIMI i ndt'{;ll i .~a hll' '>( holar ,Ella SIlkv. mi lll ' u' , Ilf 1111' Sf-lillie! COl1g,egarlOllalC hil li h III XI'WIMIII ,lIul b lt' l fi h h 1"t',idt'lll IIIYale Collt'Jo~" , h;nl mapIM1! lhe ...a rne ..i ll" fo r rh e "'l lIle;llI l ilj ll;lI iilU II'a ...I'''.9

III IX7H I io la ll o X , AT1~e1 1 di 'l Il \Tl ed a nother

an hl'l llll .c;i l ;11 ,i ll' - l ilt' India II ;,oal l, lo l1e C] uarr IIIJ Ohll 'I OII, a vnatutu o f ' ''';Il ilt ' wnh importan tIn dian pOllt'Ty u-nuun .., 1111' find im mcdi an-lva ll l ll'l"l! I cHI..id l'l ;!hh- i ll\(' I "~ 1 and hetallle Ih e ...lhj l'I'1,1 <I co m p a la l in,ly 'I it-ntifir- i ll\'n l iga l ill ll

whir h w;r, 1t'!M Il It'd 10 a ' 1)t'l ia l 1TlITl1llg of theI Ii' 101ir-aI Socil'l ~ , An an OUll l a ppt'a! l'd in I he p H" " .

bil l lilll t, ' llb"'q IWIll eflor l ha .. been made IIIp lo lel r IIH' , ill., IlOWa lmnct ohliu-rau-d by road r-un"II 1Il Iil ln a nd 111II 11" j \ '(' (ft' \,,11'lllIWIII.10

TIU' Cl' lll t'lll1ia l tw ld in j'h it add p hi a ill 18i 6. byfoelI..ill ~ na ,innal aUI'llrion ml ~ro\\' handd{'\'('l olllllt'1l1 clf rllt' naliclII ' , ;tr. ·h il f'rIUral , ffllTl ll1l'1

t' ia l and llldmrri al ;If hi t'\ 'enWnl , durill ~ i I' lir,rhlilldrt 'lI YI'<H ' , hl 'ljM;'d 10 fan ilu 'i pielll imelt" 1in r("lIJ1ding IIU' p.. ,t. :\n im m edia re re'lI l! h'a .. alurioll w id l' p lo gram (or id t'lllifyin g a nd ma rk ill ,~

.H/I' -': '" \qwu.....'alf'''ol", b\' f A " '/I.d 1.t'U·•.• I'n-':ha"" nn~. (HI'I 01 hu ' r" ... til 1' ",( rd...u ..•-':..Ich ... T h.. old r:,,/f.... 1101-1.'" u orr /h .. 1../1 bevond Ih .. b.,d'!;",; nnl 10 It. Ih.. (; .n lll l f' " " H-':...plnc..d I'l I'IW bv ,h .. HI\/) ..fI.d . I"'Il . ", . Thr ,\I cz r-':", 110 1-1 1.. ,1<.. /1 n on ,II .. "l(hl

Il i~!nril ;t l ,i lt·,.III Rhode- h LIIlI! . the- (:t'II('r;l1 :\ \ \(' TTl hly IM" ffi a

re solunon III IH7H 10 p unh;I'I' rill' Indian BurialG rou nd in Cha rl(·'low n, (' Il, I"",,, II wuh in acu hsranua l ' 1011<· wall . a nd invra fl a ll ;, p p ro p ria lt'tablet . .-\ p p rn p ria l io ll 01 $1 /.00 wav made hv 111('

legi ..b llUe in April. 19f1fi, f!ll lilt' pu rpo-e ol vui rablvma l king viu-, o f hi , I,,,i c il !l C'l t"1 - 111(' vu m 10

Ill" l"xl lt'm k d hv the \I ', IN a ry o f ~ la ll' ;l( l i ll .1{ wuh t heex ecut ive romm i tt e-e- of ( 'IH' R hllck Ivla nd II i vuni ra ISOl ie ly. The ('I )II\01ill" (" , final n 'I)lHI livtedl'igh uTlI mark, ' " ~ p b n 'd Iwlwl'('1l I!106·19119 includ in g lndian a nd Kin g Philip\ \\';u , i ll" and lilt'horn e of (; ilbe - [ SI 11;111 a~ w 1'11 a ~ , i It" a ~\ll(ia It'd wi Ih

enl cmi ,,1 f,)un ,II'I ' , g,)\t'l llOl' and Revulutionurv\ra l h l'r Ot' ~ or 1'\('11 1, .11

An i n c It'a,i ng aW;lI t' IIC'~\ 0 1 need for land s 101pu bli c ll, e 1'101111'1("(1 "'!ota n i/;Il ioll in 1 8 1.t~ of thePuhlic Pa rk ' \ \\CI( ianon In I H71Ikl ~~' Will iam, hadg in'll land 1m Ro gl 'r Wi llia lTl \ Park wh ich .

pl anm-d 11\ f In r:u I ' W .S. Clnl"!;uul. i, ' Ii II one n l the"alt'" li ll l"l p;u h . Wilfox Pa rk. dc', ig lll'd bvflt'dl'ri , k L IW OI Il1 , u'd . wa, g l \t 'n bv I Ja rr iel Hox ieWi ln J,\; In l ilt' I il\ of Wnl('I1 ~ in 1l'!98..\lt h u ughItII' PTlIlMT\ 1Il IlIM J"" n fl lll' I'uhl il P;lIk .-h , <),' ia t io nwav e, la h\ i, h llll' 1I1 o f ;t uu-nupolitan park vvvn-m

i ll P nJ \ idl 'lll t' , du- a,'cl( i.uion became thepi ollt '('1i n~ 01~a ni/ ot Iiou III Ihe ~ Ia l(' In pro m ote landU 'I' plalllllll .'C . I ~

.-h a T("uh of !lJ(' a"oli alioll ' , d im" Ihl' xtetr c poluan Park C CJlllllli "icJII , ("galli/ed in 190,1 ,was n la hli,he(l Ily leg i , Ia lion ill 1!I(}7 . Ttu- r om nusxion t'lI!!;ag ('d rln- Olm-u-d hrmh('" 10 ,k\'t'iop aplanniu g and ;l( (() u n rin j.1;: ' p lt'TTl a nd by 190!l had

31l11OUlIft't1 ac qui virion of Lincoln WI I()!!\.

whe-n ahv )rlwd in 19~ "') in w Ihl' Ill'wly IonuedDepartmeru of Agl inlltUTt· and Con v-rvarion . 1I0W

th e D epartme-m of ~;I1LUal R t' \t ltJl( t' ~ . rhe(oulln i\,jlll i had \t' , uu-d hv g ift or pur r have rb irt v10 \11 preservati on p;uk , . , ile, and mon u me nt ..

ill Ih ill'TI\ t iI i", ~ Il lt l ItIw n , . II also ad mmivu-redQU t't·ll \ Foil in EM'lt'l ,1I 1t1 ti lt" g reat ,waill p /ig h l'li t" III South J..: IU g , lo \ql - ho th o w ned 11\' TheRhude "bntl If l 'lm i t ~1! SOt it·I, .11

EUm " ltJ ,a\t' ilTlPOII ~lIl1 th rea tened bllildinK~ ,

u , u,l lh In ' Ix', ial /l:IOUI" Of.li~ ;l llI ll'd fo r rhcIHUIX''ot' . unr ea -ed LUI" ill the- mm-teenrh renrurv .,\ lI lu i 'l l in n and 1t"Inratinn nf \\' a~h in ll:lon ' ~

homeat .\Io li ll t \' I" II 'o n . nuuated ill 1822 , ha d bee-nrhc ollhlandillJ( nauoual example - effort, o n", l>t"haH ...."H· wt"11 under wav when 111(" .\IO\l1ll, .r-rnon (.illln", A"I)( ianou nhla ined Iht"il e ha tter in1!'I'in_ III BO' lHn a ll attempt 10 sa ve th e Thomas1I ~l lln)( l houw Imled . hili measured dra ....-in g-, WNt"made t>t"fore demoliuon ill 1 86~ , wouh nou ng'llllf' 'III h dra .... ln //: ' ....e re -e ldom m ade at that l ime .Be "lOll" '11'1 ewtul C~lInpal//:n lO 'kI \ e the Old South.\11't"ling: lI o u 'C" i ll l!'Iii wa' followed bv rest or a tionof ih Old 'laIr 11011\(' Cr o w n H o u se ). These( ampai!l;ll' led If) n,IW I prcwrvauon dfort~ inXcw h lJ(lalld .ll

In ~ew"fl ll (~(,(lI/1:t' C. .\l a <;Oll . Jr. prolt"'l("d a"IOIMI";II UI !!'IK:! til tlt' molt,h the 1700 Bl iel .\l a l l f" IIIII'll " 'I\"illl/: i n ~Hkq u ,lI t'h a, C il\ Hal l. Wrilill ,ll:rh.n Pet e-r 11;" " ' 0 11 . ih d"'l,ll:IWT. "Stood h l .~h II1l h, 'la IIl ~ of hi, I IJIllt' lll p'H<ll il"' .. , . liner , u rl'.I"""''' 01 11 <1ra l l"h I"Cju ;IIIt'<1 I" Ih t" ;1IIh il t'"( !'i. who w ll lf'd inIh l" l.olon i," ," ;lIld lh a l Ih,' hu i1 <1 i n~ "rt"ma imeXll'ma 11 y a, tit' It'! I i l: (lu i,'" d ig:ni l it"da n d el oq ue nt;a I-HIII' and g:t<tn fu ll'x;l lllpk o f lh t" fre e Cl a"i(-of Iht , (';u ly "I /l:h\("t 'lIIh It'IlIll r\' .'' Earliel .\101"011 hiltlIK'I ' lladl't1 IhI" (I I Y 10 fi n a tH f" nt'"t"d t'"d rt'" pa ir... ca rr it'"dn u l undt'l h i" dift'f1HHI , If) lht'" m a "ollly of OldStOlW :\li ll . Iii , draw in ~ , o f th t, mill wilh a ..chola rly

all ill y"i " of iI' , n ut lurt'" , wt'n' puhl i..lwd ill IK79 . 1 ~

Orw ollill' fi r 'l in "laTHt·" o f aUlui"ili oll of ahi 'IOli, ' building: by Ol hi , lori(-al "(lCil' ly fOI it, ownII \t. (H:t III H 'd ill :\' ("wpOll ill llHH wll("l1 the ;-';("wpnTl1I1 ~IIJTi( -al S(ll lt'l y IHIlI h<l \t 'd Ih e Old S("\'t"nthfh y' Bapli sl :\It"t'llllg lIome (1 729 ) 10 ~e t\'e a .. itsIwadquall t'lS, a prafl1l (" w hi ch hecanlf' an acct'"pledIlll' Ihl MJ 01 ';I\'i ll!l: o ld hllild il1 ~ ' . (;,'org:e C. ;\ta ~on .

Jr., in, l l unw n lal in lh(' ~lfq ll i, i li ()n. co n n'T1f'dIh t· buildill ~ in lo IIll'Sn(l('ly'Shl'adqllaTlef s. Hi s sel

01 m" ;I'uu'<:I d ra ....·in !l: ' fOI lhi " wOfk wa s puhli sh edin HIH5.16

\:'t'WpOIl ', impu rt 'lll t t' <I, a ,eM ial vurnmer H"Oll

plavr-d a pa ll III i llflut'w in K lh,' t'\oh'i ll~

ilT,h i ll'( ruml ' Il lt' o [ till' ni ucteemh U'THUI\ .,'s,M'lialh lilt' rolonial revival . ;\"ew)lOII \ " ielotia nh uildiug-, ' "ll ' liln d in/l: 1\;llil ll1i1 II\ , fu l l \ n-l lecredth e ma ni fold illl h i\("t1\1 1<11 illle l (" 'i.l o f rbe w holepcno d . In uuu lilt' I harm, of rolon ia l ~t" \' llml

l-ap li1OI H'1t wt'alt h\ "10; i;lh u·v. a li i..... a nd 'HIl" T' aswt'll <I, au hite h bl n u g: h l 10 IIw vummer lololnfur Ihl"l1 ,l llh or lUII'd hv t he re pu ta nou of Ih ,'

brilli;lI11 ~I"WIIO;IIl ",a"lIl. Thoma v wen t wor th

lI i/l:g ilN lIl WIOU' nm l.ll !l:l{a ll y about "OldponDa n " ; l!rlln j a me vd("<,(r ibin~ th e Ii IIIt"hom" .. huddlill/l: down ~1'WPOIl" hilI.. , called them "liuleold Kla\ ladie-, " : and ~lf , h ll " ( '" vi..iung Dea n& rL. ("(n ' , h011l1" in ;\litldl " to wn were inll igul:'d b~ irs

appe-aranre av a pI( uuecque ruin . B\ tl1l' I tHO, and18"'0, atl hi ll"lI' ....TfI· incfuding manv colonialelement-, ill lhl'i l dl',i .l(II' , Thl"\ alcoool h-rred parhfrom abandoned hon-e and VIOII began 10

inlurp()I~Itt' them imo 11 ('1', houce-, OT iruo colonia l,nUt !lltt', Ih " \ WI'f(' now remodell ing : Charb- F..\h J..: im "(-" Iu n ia !ill'd " l ilt' l ill 11('11 ull he eighteeurh(1" 1II1Il' Ro hi n con 1I0 1h" III IKi !'! and , in rhe be"uadnion 01colo ma I revival . ron verred the o ldkue hen of lilt' Il l'n ni , I lo u \(' in lo a li \in .~ hall by

lIlo\ inK Ihl' hO ll l 'Iili" ;iI1d inl "'1Mlla l lllg Ih elll illl nhi ' II t' W 10011I . WOllin!!: fOI Ed win An !!;dl.(;,'nrgl' C. ;\f a'fln , .JI, (oIlH,TIt'd lht, (' i~ hle" nt h

{1" 1lI 111~ SOlllhw il l l lou'C' 0 11 '\'a,tllll ~toll SIH'Climo'l QlII 'I'1l Amit' (o llagt' Wilh col oll ial dClailin~ .

Th,' hi 'IOry ollh(' !lulI ,,'r Hlllh" wa lel fru llld OtH wa y It·("'( I' ( ha ll/l:l lIg plt' , er \"a IiOIl i Ill ert''i.! ~ .

R,'l!1 m Td in !tit' 1870, 10 ;lI lo w il w id("T Tl'a rt"lllt ilt1tI' illl el POf( h , lh,' door wilY was ~a l \"agt'd hy'\It J..:i III from a luhhi 'h h ( ';1 p a mlnili It'll 0 11 Ihe Tea I 011l" 1II1i .. I ll)u ~!' afrO' S 1111' ' tH·!'I. ;-';o rmil 11 ;\1. bhamITa rhlell t'd i I 10 llu ' It 01H 01 I h l' ..I lil t' h I H"!' i 11lh l' 19:W". It Wi" rt'llltlH'd III IIUllier I! OllSt" a ~ lh efrom "Illl an(, ' in llw 19 ,~ (h. a I wh il h II Il l(" a rop y wa,

mild,' for Il t'lm i" I h n l\ t' ,l7

..\\ inlt'It ' ''1 in ('arl y- hll ildlll ~ innt"a""d in Ih t' IR!'IOsa n d I K90~ , "" d id p uhh (ali ol h oll hi'i.!ol ic building- ,and ("oloni a l ;l tl hi t!T1UH'. T ....·o o r the l'a rl if'QW("It" Edwin Whi ldi('ld \ lIo m t' 'J of o u r Fort'j a t1u TJ

HI Cmmn(/f14t a llll U h ud t' i.llal1d ( 188 1) .111<1 H o m t'j

!I P ln~~nt\'''T10N

1..,,,, ... / ... "./t""GI Gnh".."'"'' I..d 1<> ''''/'''1'1'0'' of Ih..1111' hOI In Ihi' Thn mG.' H o b", ''''1 11,,14 '" G'Id f111""dfl .. ,

",/il..."", "I 0 ... ...1"'"41 "'1'11",1 n" "n.<' b,ald, ,,t(,

01 ou r f o u 1atlur . "I .\lauac hl"'t'll.1 ( 1882).Gt:"()r~t:" C. \l J. \ O Il . Jr:, let tur e- 011 "Colonia lRlll ldlllK'> III :'\I"'·I KIII ." publi,ht'd in JI:Ul l, helped 10irKII' uanoual ;1\ wdl a ' loca l aue nunn 011:'\;ew IK)T1 'Lhe A U/nua" Archuect and Rw ldmgX t'U'.\ a 1,0 I'll hhvhed a"il II" a nd measured drawing-,on orhr-r unporram 1II IIIIIi ,I I vrrurtun-... R hodelvlund wa , rt'I"I'\l 'fll t'd I" dr;lwin~, nf rhc J ohnBro wn} 10 11' 1' ill Prov id t' Il' I ' , d'KII wan from Rri ~ I () 1

and III :"t'Wpllll - Trinitv C IIlIT( h . Brenton 110 11' ('~H1d Ihe Colo ny 11011 " ' ." 1"11I', t· ,u li( 1(" a nd d ra w ing:'>were la ter rolk-c u-d ill Will ia m Ron h War e's(; t'fJT.l!;1IJ1I Period, al n 'ad y 1I (l tl'd , l ~

t".a rl .... n}, m /r I.I lall(l H (} ll l r . , writn-n joinll y III

18YS hy Norma n rv1. lsha m a nd ,\l bl'l t F. Brown, wa so nt' o f IIw finl " holM ly hook ,> 011 I>arly buildingi ll Iht' lIn iu-d Sl aw ,>. It dl ' '>I ribed 'orne of th e \tal e'"most Irn p ,III;l111 '>e-ven ll'(,ll lh- It' ll lu ry hOIl '>('S,ana lvI r d , 111l< ru ra I elemen tv inc Iuded m ea suredd r;n"ing:\ , a nd vupplu-d hv por he rir-al rer n nsrr uc nons . 'Lh e-i r Rarl..· Connecti cu t JlOII ,\ t' .~ (1900)Iol lowed rhe same- Iormat .

I ll[ t" t!,,, ill nllo llia l huildin/{\ had c!eatl y b-ro rmestabhvhed I. il(' ttw :'\'-WIKII I lIi ' lo ti ca l Society ,

"-.-••,. ... ,,-., ,\I..........

.-ln h" .., I.' 41" of colmuGl ..1 /. ,GH,..d "'I" :!Illh·(1''1/11'\' d"Hlt'l. T h.. 19/11.11fI" ',:"",1< 1t 11"".'''. "''' '''pm l _b,' () d r.:" " C:"d"'f11l ,. 1''' n ,d ,11", ,,,1""'01 'n "'<II,'PUII

orher \()Cit' l it' , "-'('I(' a l (luinl1!1; h 1\ lOr ic bui ld in ~, forheadquaner-, or 10 ,hnw a, muw-um 11f)IJ\(''' ,

~tO..1 of ,hI'\!' bu rldmg-, had " 1 101I~ hi\lOrica l andh ('q u('ntl \ Rt'\fJhu ional\ \\' ,11 a '\fKi,UIOn" b UI t heend of Ih t· nmetex-nrh (('Illll l' saw <I11(,lIlph I n

p re...."t' htllldlll '-t , ••, d( ' lTlon \lfall lln ~ of rh.. qu'l li"of A rneru-an Iife- in IIII' 1';1'1. In 11'197 :\Ia \ \il( h ue -us:II" wi( h II i '>101 it-a I SIKH-Iy ~\{ (IIIi red the wvcnteeru h cr -nun v Whlppl(' 1I0 U, t,. •• '>tuf{l~ o ld vrrurtu rewuh fl ll \!tOli/( h l, tori( <II ' l\ \!Kia l io n , . in order 10"i ncrease a PPlt 'fi a liotl of .1 wav of lift- th a t h adva n ivhed." Rhode Island ' \ Windmill Soc i(·ty o fja m evtowu \\',1 \ fill med ill 190 ·1 to restore thai lOWII'"1787 wi n d m il l, a s tr Ut run- ,lf q ui rn l in I!ll ~ andmairuaim-d si nn ' hy lIlt' jaruevtown H i\ IOiJra lSOdt·ly.19

None th e It,.... , Int' \!' I\'ati(ln d fo t l,>. if undertakenat all , wert- vnll lI\lIall y limi n-d to h lli ld lll!ltsa ....rxiated with hi stOlic-al ('\'e lll\ or irnporr am per

,>OI1S, Althou gh t II(' A IIH' I ica n Insuune of :\ II h i Inl "founded in I H.'i fi . was 11I'\('1 pn-v-rvarion-oriented .it h ad by lh(' e nd of 11ll' ((' 11 1111)' jomr-d 111 d lOlt"to s;n(' b ui ldin!l;\ lil,,- Ph iladef p hi a'v CUlI/{I('\\ 110111a nd BO\ f(m \ ~la\\a,llll\r ·t1' Sia le H o u ce. In

1(1 PR .~.R\,,'1t(J'

W;,,11In /l; 101l the In su uue,« quned tor il\ head-q 11;11 11-" in 1901 I he "O, 1;III:<>n" d,·,i/l;l1t'd In -Wi ll ia mrt1<l1l1l<>n _:o

su, lew', 1I"t" the- [hll~hH·" III Iht' AmericanR('\<>huion and rhe :'\,Hlollal SO(lt'l\ of Colonialnall1('\. borh oT.e:<tmwd in Ihe:- Ili9Q,. almovr

nnmediatelv t'n~;I~rt1 ill IMlliUlil and hi'IUlicprnol:n,lIloll PlOj<'l h . In Rhode hLllld thev have11'1';111\ become custodian- of IJlOIK"ll~ Ri\ell In (JI

a. quued hv muuicipatuv III 'Iau·. Wh en Pa wl u, kt'l;u qu ire-d thl · 16HS John n;I.~.e:I·lt 1I011 <,t· in 190 5 ,1' ,IWlUC 1..('1 Chaplet Il.-\R (OI/o:;l1li/l"tf lll 1892 ,IIml"rl'lok ii' le,IOt<lli,m and ha-, "i lllf' ret a ined It,I U'I, ...I\ .

( hw P rovidcnre (-ha ll lt' r 1.£ lh l' Il :\ R wav nanu-d illI 1,11l1l11'I110laI101l of the- d,·,t1111 uou 0 1 II:\IS Cln /If'!'

ill 177:! - gene ra lly lon, itl("[,·d 0 111' 0 1 t he ea rly1,\t'll ;t, h lea din g 10 n-voluuou. TIll' bur niug o f theIh il i, h "IH ... "ler wav plallllt'll ill the old SabinTavr-rn o n South :\bl ll "'UI"('1 III a loom knownlh " I('a f!n <I' lht' \,;" 1... ·('" R ' K' m . \flH'lI lh l' tavern wa,dernohvlu-d m IH9 1 u-, II"IWI , \ \·i l l i;tm R n hmondLllhot, metalled pan-, of 11ll" hi'lfIt1f vn urrure -Ir'II1I ,It· II', ~laiH-a,t' , 1II h(·, WIKllfwlll" . and paneh n~hom Iht· \'a,J-!'t"'" Room - III lilt' Tafbot 1t"llklll!'a 1201:1 W ill i;1T11' Sueer , III rh.u <,t'lIin~ in 11l9:!:\11,. W ill ia m R _ Talbot OI~;lI1ilnl (;.I,!)('e Chapu-tUAR whuce member-, purch;l,t'd tht' Talbot hOIl,t· .llJllwn Ihl'Tt"aftt"r .1' (;"'pl'l' 1I0 u , t,. in 192'9. Tod;"Ih, ' \';1'1)1'(" Room . ""ilh j" mixlult· 01 ~,Ihaged

woodworK i, tw<,1 Ulldt'l'lcKIlI nul a~;IIf"'IOralionhUIa, a ,hr ill!' Ihal llleIllO l la ll/t";t , i.~ na I IllOmt·nl

in R lllKk "laTUI", Rn o lu tiolJ a l\ hi'lOt\ _T he(;;1' 111'1' ( :lMl lt!'r tta lJ, f(' II,·,lllwllt·l~hi llllf Ih e Ilo u ,, 'to T Il(' R hod t' Isl aml lIi ' lo ril 'al SOl i e l ~ in 19i 5_21

Wh en I'l m id t'm e \ E"' k I lop" in , Chaplet I,f t tll'DAR OI~<tllill'd in 1919 . ih 1Il" m ll('l' a "lIlllnl11l'locl ia ll\h ip of E, e" Ilop ki n ' Il o u , ,·. IWIlH' o£ Ill('AII1 I'rll an n a\ 'y'\ fi" l ad m ira l. ' )·ht· hou ~t, had

h, ·t'n 't'llli- reSlOred an d ~1\Tllln IYOH10 tht'cil\" Wllh.. II endownwnl 1m m;l in lol'Il;tlJ( l' by :1> 11 , . Ft t'd('t11" 1..( ;o u ld , !i::rt'al-g rf"a l-~tandd;lu~ h l(' r o l i lopk i n~ . T h eIh;lptt'l hd S ulld('tla l.ell ,ubwqut' lJI rd u rbi ..h l ll!?: .

"'IHIIl ,l ltf' 1 i" otgallit<tliolT III 11101' IH9(h Iht':'\"Iiollal .\ Ot iel\ of C.olonial 1l;II1W\ d lw bnamt'

in\ ..lved in pH',,·nalioll PIOWf I' wu h pamonc andhi'llilit-al cflIlIlIHalll,n,_ In IHIII; IIII' \OCH-l\ joinedllw ,\ Ill" , " ; tIl IIl\l i IUlt· III :\ (1 hiH"tI' III eflorl' 10

u·,tllle P h i lade! ph ia -, C...n~H·" I tall . I'he D:Inu-v.wbn were It'..ponvible lor U',lll(;llioli of the St'nau'1hamber , enga.I;''d :-.,.r w 1.. 11I " (;I.,-,rgl' c. :\Iawll. Jr ...11 the 1II1lt· a Phihllkll'hi;, n-vide-ru and \ '1(('

pU',uklil ol rhe- P h iI:HI,·lp h i;l All hilt'lllllal Cluh.:r1'Anotlwl e-arlv Danu-v ' PlllJt'1I wnh Rh, ...le- l vla ud

a'''ll ia!lolh wa-, the u ·<,It>l<ui"n<If Ihe- van Corrlandm a n , 1011 in :'\ew Yo rk. Tlw b u ildi ng : w hich hadIWt llmt' f in- p ropt'Tt\ in lliX!I. wa v h-awd in IH96 IIIltw Colonial Dame-, in the , 1;llt· o f ;'\"l'W YOlkw ho t' ngag:ed Rhod e " 1;IIHf, Nor man .\lorri'0I1l sham to J("l llIe it ;I ' a huu<,t· t111 I"·Ufll. II , guitil'bo o l l"1 puhli ,ht'tl ill I IlY7. g:i\ i rlg: a h i ' I Of~' o f rlumau viou ;1I1t1 i " Otrup.uu-, ;tl lIl ; t11 an.il v ,i-, ofu-, auhuer una l fabur . wa, <1 11 illulIl illali ll .e: inn-r.pn-t.uiou whuh "ill '>('1\," ,I' ,III e-xample ofI !l'dil"hle revro raiion in follllal io n ;tIl,1 m uv-u mp ia, IIc e- .

Lex allv . th e Collllllal Damt·, III R h' llk !<olandpun-haced in 1911(J a "011 ion o£ ;1 999-\t'aT 1e;1'" onDean ( ;(-OI/I;f' B" t kt'!e \ ·, :\ltdtlklllwlI horne,

W h ilt-h a ll , untll"lloo" 11I111 h tnvded npau-, andam-mptrd a "·,,oralion. -I ht,\ have vmr e made rtu

1<11". vrndv. flllni\hillg and 1I1l1·'1"t·ldlion ofW h ilt'h a ll a main objc-tli\t' . l'Il .~a~IIIK :'\oTm.IIl.\1.hham III 191610 ,e,lore:- ih 1"0 hOIH 1M11o". P l.llh;111· t ullt'lllh !x-ing madt, 101 IUTlhe:-1 If',toralioll ,h ill lht, hou<,t- prt·',c:nh prohl" III' ul ;lnah,is ht'GIII'o('"

Ilf eaTh t han.I;I·' and I" 1~1l1O "H"I'"a lloll ."11In 19:!i tht· 'late a, q u iu 'd tIlt' home ( Ii I~ ) of

.... It·p tWIl lI " p"in" Ro\nnot f"r ni m' of ,he lh ill"I'1l}T;II' lH'twt'f' 1I 17:)5·1761'1 ;Hlt! " ,ij.iIWI " I lilt'Ik( Lila t ion o f IIldept·lId t·rll e. lIlo\ln g il ho m Ih t· .,i tt".,t·ln lel! III' a Il l ' W P IIl\-ic!t- 'II I' ( :nu llt y CIHI IlII "u , ('. Aga in lilt' nimH"~ a~'Il IT1l'(1 I u 'lodi an , hip .;HIlI w il h llw inili a l gll itLII1Il" " f :'\01111;1 n hha lll;1' 1t"lorat ion aH hi t("( t ha\t' ht 'l'lI ll" lHln,i h lt, fOl

1l'\tOIlIl~, fUTIlI, llIn.e: a mlo p'- Iatl llg th l" li ll iehu ildill/l; as a m u <,t' urn ho u ,t ,. Tht' .e:a rden wa~

(k,i/o:llt..-:fln Ald f'n H 0 l''' i ,h . " d(·\t ('(Idam of ~t("plwlI

!J o p " in , ;llId a form,-, !;lIId<,taIK· aHhiu·(i Ill rColonial W ill ia lm h ll tg _

I I I' Rt:SE R\ 'ATl O -';

Th" fla.li;g" l1 I h !" ..... m !'Il/d ln k " l had nol l 't>! bn om" oj",lfUII III fH"'",,'at,,,,",I, "'/'nl 'II m l lll l"I '''' !.1 and tailh-fill dog pO'fd for I ii" p /wlograp hfT Old hal k. Pots 0'flown ,l, of"''' unndon-s, a pail t"l thr /,../lr mak" IIli, ad,,\'lmOll''' "oTlra't of (I /'nto./{ bmw.

£k n '!o pJll g , I W,I 1t> nt'~~ o f OUI na tion's pa vt k-d to

illCH',lsin g in lclt's t in Ameri can funutun- a ndhence in a uthentic Iutnitur c sel l i llgS. ( ; t> OlgeFranc is Do w. Snn't ,ll )' of Evsex lnvmu n-. set u p-rver a l a ln n r .. a , rohuual room s in Salem.I\la~sal huv-u s a bout 1899 a nd in 1909 lites('\'t' ll lt't' llI h ·ITIIIIlIY j ohn ward hou se wa .. m o ved 10

th e In st i tures g ro u nd .. te l ~ t'T\' e a~ a 1ll1lV' U Ill hou se beuh be( ,llI ~e 01 its arr hite-r tu re a nd th e penodhnn uure displa yed Iht'n' . Thi s co nn' p l soon led 10w id espr ead collect ion o f hou ses 0 1 pa n s o f h ousesand 10 in sta lla non of per iod rooms in museumrum ph-xes .

B~' 19t1O ill P w \' id t'lJ( (' Mar sde -n Penv . th en owner01 the Joh n Bro wn H ou-,e, a nd C ha rles L. Pe nd let o nwe-r e fOlTninp; maj ot ('(>Ilel ti o n s o f early AmericanIurnuure. Pe ndle ton p;<I\e h i ~ to The Rhod t, Is landSchool o f Ik~ i gn in 190 ·1, a nd to cr ea te a su ita blebadp; lou lld fOl lh e co lln l io n, St ep hen Metc alfga n· a m-w hui ld ill K - Pen d leton H ouse fir st

m useu m for furni run- to be- built In th e Urute-dSta tes . Slflllt' , Carpemer and Will so n . t luarc h uects . u sed Pendl eton 's o w n ho use . hu ih III

1799 hv Edward Dcxn-r . and ot her repl t'sellt il ti \'efeder al houses a s model s.

In 1913 under th e di rer-non of H e-mv Kent . th e.\k nopolira n 1\1 LlSt'Um of At t heKa n dev e-lopmen t 01it s Amer ir a n wing w ith ins ta lla t io n of a ser ieso f per iod rooms . Norma n .\1. Isha m 01 P roviden cewas in c ha rge o f the New Eng land section. TheAmerican wi ng initiated a new era in mu seumh istor y. focusing atten rion not o n ly o n 1u rn i run- huta lso Oil anhitec rur e . Chown for quality,a u the n ur-uv , a nd ra nge o f styk, lilt" rOO Ill<, beca melandma rks in promoting ser io u s sHldy of AT11er ir-a rlfurni sh in g s.

Im po rtant as th e w ing p roved in fos teli ng

ap precia tio n of American decorati ve arts a nd an- hitecture. in st a llation o f th ese rooms became a SO UITeo f ser-iou s r onrer n a mong prcservanon ist -, w ho

W;III IWI! Ilw :\lellopOIiI;1Il and or hr-r 1II11"1.·U III ' 'Hip

hom illil lor LllI1 ,111l1 IUIl" inll'rifll ~ rha t miRhtotlwl\\,i ....· II;t\l ' lx-en 1'1t"\I'I\'l1:1 in flIi.~ina l]OIalion"

XI''''- Fll ll: Lin d PII"l'I\;t l ion ~ rllup' 10 '>1" in p rolt"1whe-n It W,I' numued in 1913 111<It IIl1' M erropoluanhoped 10 'n 1lI1' Ihl ' IlIlt'JlOI " I T U ll I U S\lla !!:o,I:; UrIII Xt'Wp111 1 101 IllI' ATIlI'lilall wing : A 1I11ml)(' 1

of plt·'t·"alioll "1111'111" fo rmed 10 Ill l·\t'1l 1 10 " 011,11,,1 1;IIItIIlMll., . F\ I' II "I. ""'\1 '1,1 1 Rhode Ivlandhmillillll:" lUllutllllJ( :\h '(( ,11f Ro win ', su m merhou .... · and -" ;llIlud C , .:1,1111 ', " Ya ucl u -e," bo th inl·oll\lIlolllh . ,lIu1 111<' AII('11 hlHI\!" nn wir ke nde n"'IIM'I III Pr lnHit'n.!·, IlI\1 1'''(t'llliunal imenorv andflllt" door"' ,I" 10 lilt' :\h' lI o po li la n , In rhe 1920,Ih l' J "'>I"llh Ru-, .... ·1111,HI\I·( Ii72 ). o ne of Provideru e 'vfi,, ' lI:ft'al plI··RI·\oluliolliU\ ma nvions. wa~Ik ll Ud MI o r foUl \plt'ndid loo m, a nd itv vtajrwav tol' m lld ll\ll 11111\,'UIII' III Dr-nver , ~' i n ll t"a poli , amiIh uo l.h II ; .1' II ' 1;IIUh 10d;1\ on :\nrth \tl ill Stlt"t"l. iI'" ill vph-ndrd 1'" U'll o r 1\ ;111 t'lTlpl\ vhell ,

In ll' If" 1 III Ill<' hou .... · iI' a ,t"!li n!!: 101 Iurmvhmg-,I'"1),;11Il111:1 111 11 I i1111'1 , " 1 i II th e- IIIIII \I' ,h il n t" lemenr of awhok- ,'11\11'1111111 '111 , III 11l\\\-i, h . hv t h e end o fIht , III1lt"lt't'llIh 11'111111\ , RI" ('It"1lI1 l homa-, Fra n kl inw.uer-, had '0 dftocll\I 'h called anenuon IlIlhe\-iILtg:(" , lIIa ll\ (';lI h ,trUI IlIfI" that. a hhoug:h 110

impou.un t"\<'nl\ W I 'II ' il"'IIi,1l11:1 wuh them. fr o mthat time- Ip ' \\ I' h h,t\ 111 t'ffl" I bee-n tr ea n-d a'a li\-in!!:1ll1l'I'UIII IlIWll,H

111 R h olk h b nd the-n- \\a, a lvoan " Holl to 1)[("" 1 \'I'

a n-al 10 \ \ -11 a lmo\t a\ a rn u v-um Tht' anrar-t ivea nd p1t'a"l111 1<1\01 11 n l r r-rrain m ill vi ll a~e~ al on g:R ho dt· I \Lt IH1 \ , III'a lll' had h, ','n a ma tte-r o frcnn nu-ut \ i llft' III<' nud -ninen-enrh It' ll l llr)', In 1915I kill y F. Ke-ndall houglu tln- rru Ih alld t" 11 Iire vi Ila gl'0 1 Sl;l ll·IWillt·. nlH'ollhl' movt pirrurevque ill t ht, 1;1I1·. ;\11(1 \,· t ;1lI" u1 Ir;\" ,foun ill ll: il inro hi ,'O tTWW ha l1l 10 p la n l onn'plof a model New Englandvilla ge. Sl alt'lw illl ' in :":Ollh Srnithfirld still ret ain sIIIll \1 l lf Ill i , f h' l lil' I'·I .U

R"pllH.ludll g l·lIli lt· \'ill " lI:(" lik e Sw('den ' ~ Opt'lI ai r llH ll lt ·] in Sioall \otl (I H91h) IW.lI;all i ll Am ('r icaI'a rl Y' in Ihi' lw(·tIl il,t h 1('11 1UI\ , Till' 10,1 \ 'illa !!:I' o f:" l'W Sal l,tIl . Illino j, . wa, rf"f OIl,lrUCIl't11ll 1920 ,Sa k m <t nd l' hlTHlIIl1r III ~la ~ "'llh uSI'Il ~ wt'rt' SOOIlhuilding, Pi ollt 'I'1 \ ' i ll ,l lI:l' ,lI ld P limo ulh Planlal io ns

P"" dl" t<m 11" " .,.. 8 ",,1'/,' ." .. I" m ,d",,,,,. ,,,,' 1111''''1'''' 'u,Il""" " ' " 't> b" blili/ '" tI,,, ( 'm /"d "11''''. pa" "/ ,h"IOu od" / . /,,,,,1 1;,1",,,1 ", H" -"l{"

1t'\III '1uvelv . In Rhode hLllId , III In d ia n ciflage,nn 101l!!:1'1 ' liIIllI1l1ll: . wa, t t"t reared in 19 j 6 at OoddardPou" in \V,tr w i, " a, 1),;11 1 ot rhe \la l,,', rercenu-narv .Smh 10rnpll''''';I' " "111 \ Fo rd ', (;II't'n llt' ld \ 'i lla !!:ein .\1i'h ig'lII (1!1:!li J, :\la"\;lC hu " ' lI " Old Swrhr id !!:1'ViILIgI' .I)(·lI: lIl1 ;1 \ Wd h 11i' lot i, .\hl, t"u m ( 19' 7).a nd Sll lll n wl n w n 119) 0 ) hil \I' h"{'11 deve lo ped 10 "'In 'Ih n 'a ll'w 'l! ' " UllIl U" 11\ Itlo\i ll!!: th em 10 r rea n m u seum vi llil.iI;(·" Frum.u ion in 19 10 o r IIII' S,)(ie l~ftll t ilt' Pl n l'I\'i1 l ion 0 1 :'\ I'W En .l!:land Al1liqu ili e".und e-r tl u- a\I UII' Klll dalH I' ami p1'''c'\ nillF;It'adl'"hip nl William Smnll,'! App1t'IOIi. ga\1'dill'( uon III 1':,'W En~bnd pu-serva eiou d full ' , '1'111'SI' NEA soo n ht'K;1Il In ar qui n - ea rl" , lr llf IIlT('S five i ll Rhod e bland 10 dau-. SOI iely headquarter sill 1\0'lon ' \ "'1Dlld Har n son C ra v Ol is I I0II sI',It',i glll 'd hy Ch.u II' S Bulf i II' h 1II1W hou ses a III uveum

<tI HI all impurram pu-v-rvauon libr ary. For yt'a nOld-Ti m" Snl' f , II,{{ lrl7ld , rlu- S P :\ EA's qualledy'jOlllllal , and It ~ l'a tl i,' 1 Uull"l m have ""I'd ;1\ allIn\'aluahll' i" fllllllal llill H',n llJ(e, IIKllldill J(rnl'a 'llr t"r! d l ;1 wi n~,. c ltd UI ' Iud it"s ' llmall y hi t ht'rl ou lIIl'lordl·d ' II IU lUIt·s, a mi p io n f'l"r ill g: <lnicl l'son ",)('ci fi(' lupin ,lit h ;1' haul w;u e, con'UIKlionnwth()Ih a nti pam·ling, IYI)(" .

In Rhod e b la nd SOl m an M , hhalll blTaffi t" Iht"

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(hit'l pU''>('l\alioll an huee r durlllr.t: ttll" fir ..1 thud 01Iht' 11'111111\ ,.-\ eraduatc 01 Hrown l ' n i \ t'I"II\ , tit"e n n-red rbe firm of Stone. Calpt'OIt'1 and Will 'tOn inISHfi, opt'llinR hi .. 0 ....·11 offilt' in IS92. An ah b- arr biIt'( I in hi .. o ..... n ri.e:ht. Icha m ....-urked mo..rl~' inloloni,IIIl'\i\'al "1)'It' and manv of hi .. buildings"Iill t',i"l

In\(.I\("(1 In almo"l everv It'SU)J;Ulnn pllljr( Iu nde-rta ke-n he-refrom puhliratmn of hi .. f it ..r hotll.. IIIIl'I~('J In hi ..death in 19-13 . Icham wa.. 'tOonas-.<H:ialt"f!with 'UIIlIWI Ap pl ('ton ami orlu-r plOlnim'llt1)f(''>(·I\;Ililln i..t, . i ii .. p recervarinn phil..cophv ma vIw f" lIowt'(i ill h i.. work . H i.. t-xI ,nation 01 IWO

impou.uu r nlon ial si lt's were earlv Rhode lela ndexa mple- .. of ca refu l proo-dun-v . Folluwing7.ach;nia h A ll en:.. 1.'\60 example. in 1906 IH' il l\'t's li,e:att'd tht' rraduional ~itt· in Sout h K ill ~"llIWll 01Hu ll ... !l:a ll i..u n Ol block ho r...1" h lllll l'l! hr In d ia n ..III I li 7 .'J . ~ ·

h h;llll's It'.. «na tio n or :\('wport' .. Bri r k :\1,111<.(,1 in1911 wa .. dot u memcd in delail In a ..pt '( ia l b ulleu n011 111' "i1>:\ E.-\ II, s 19 17 report on Iht, :\t'wpor!C..lon\ II OII-.f'. wh ich includl'll rneasun-d dt<lwinR"andan analvvi .. of ch a n !';:f''' m;It!l' O\! 'I tht' veat ...

/)' H' fl; '4\ ' 4P1a ",ll,. tin hll'" /',,41 ,/",."",,,. ;ru.., "4.h, ~ "''''/l4'' 1"-,1.",,.' ,,., d" ld4"'1 '" " ' f" 'IH' /" 4" .\1",,,,,,,, "fh I. '\'1<' ..... .t, a!>o,,'I<i:!lI.

herame - t he ha ..i" for It>..lm",ion IIn tkll ... l.. t·1l fmIhl' "1 ;1It' 19~6-193~ . In rhi .. Inl '" ;tll"l1 I-h"I11'"phi lo ..opll\ wa ..evident . {}n Ih, -til ..t f1'MII , 111'1 It>;l1f'dIht' m.nn hall of liS accumulauon 0 1 lan-r p;ntiliorhbur retaine-d Inrmal ca,in~.. "pphn!1Il 11'I7:llflthe or I!;:illd I sohd tree column..a nd al .... I..I'JII lIlt' 11'10.'>jud!';:I"" ht'n, h . l 'p'tair.. Iw 111<1,11' nr dl'Jlt I'. (f"Il,rf'the flll!!:inal rhn-e room plan t h'H"'IIl ~ ratlll"l 10ktTp IllI" plt 'o,('111 \ ' in o ri,1Il cous uoom ,I lid ih 11'1,10,01 IW,o.. huuiun e , T'he old {flllll' iJ • ham be-r heleft ,.., h e found it - HIli' h,1\ widt·' rhan f1t1gIlMlh'tk..ig llt'd .2J

Fo r i t-, fill" hundred and fi ll it>th anmve-tvar v in1 9~ :•. lvham wr.ue- a hri f'1 hi"IOI\' o f the- Fi, ,,t K lp ti..1:\It>t ,t ing Ilo m t· ill I' rm id"III I', ..\ " 0 in 19:!,'> heunder took t'x t,' n" l\"{' repai r-, ,lIltl t! ·.. lo tati "l l " INI'WpOl I'" T l ill i t" Ch unh 1m II .. two huudn-drhanmve-r v.nv. Tht· origiual lI11·",,"tt·d th ,nn"g.. an'nriw III Ih ,' :\nq)()rI lI i"tOlit ;l l S,,,, i"l\ and hi,"up'>rh ars ou nt o f rhc b ll i ldill~ wa .. puhli ..hed in19j o.u

In mo..1 01 hi .. n-srorauon .. I..ham m.rdca 1" ;1f tn e01 1..1'{'pi1lR ele-ment .. hom molt' than filii ' I.)f."riod ifIh," ..e-e-rm-d im porra m or If Ih" oll~llI .. 1 marer ial

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had be-e-n 10 , [. \ r h t'll he rt>,[oll 'li the sevc n rcemh(('nm n \ra lll n ll ·l.\ lIla ll-lb l;lI t1llo u \t:· tor th e

:'\t'WpOIl H istor ica l SOt If"l\ ill 19~7 he retai ne-dimllOII;tll l pallt'II Il~ , m;IIIIt,I, a nd (Ilh(', featurefrom '('\t'ral t'i~hlt't'lllh-(t>ntul\ ,lllt'ralHuh, T Il ('1l'\UIrHl/l: revrorauon 1\ thouahtfu! and re- •vard-,tloo,(' vrudv .

Ii i, la\l ploje,n . Iht' \f"\t 'lltt'I'lIIh -tt' lllu l\' T homaCII'IlW!lII' houw In j oh n-ton . In r nltaboraurm wit hJ o hn JIUl( hill' C ld" 1,IMIIl li mi t'lIonl for Henrv1~ ''l h'l ,'\ h;u fle in 19,10,,11 , l lu-, 1t' ,I OI,uion"";I' in te nded In reuu n Ihe 11I 1I1 ' t' ItI II' t'a II tevt period;lIl d i, IInlabk Inr il\ r-a n-tu! til l( u rm-marion whit hlIll luded a derailed h isltlll 0 1 1I1l' hou , t' , irsowur-rcbip a mi , h,mgt·s, a lull ph oltlgl ,tphi( 1f'IOId( II lIlt' !t"llll,I[ IolI 111 (l( t'" , " lid 01 \t:' r i l'~ offTwOI , url"t! dra wi n g-s 1Il,1I1t' for lIlt' I I ivrorir- Amenca II

Ru ilill n g , SIIl\T\' , 2 ~

Othr-r ()fUJI'I[ ' in [h e fll '[ half o f [h t' r enurr v

l' m ph,I' III'd "ning ' 1Il KILHt" wit h hivrorir-al .vev r-nteeru h- a nd l'igluet 'lIlh -( (' III1U\' 01 RevolulIOIIM \ war ,j,sOt"iatioll' , SI' :'\ I' ,\ 'U(lu iH't.l lht,'C '\I'I\[t"('n lh-tl'n tun Elea / t>f Amold hou-.f' inLuu oln III 19 18 , and in 19 19 Ih t, ( ~nlt"r ,, 1 Xarhan.n-i( ; 11'(' 11 1" .h ....x muon W;I' Io rme'd to ,uq llilt' and1I" t' " 1" the ~t" l1eral ', homecu-ad ( l i i 91 in Cov enr rv.(; rou l" Ionued in the IlJ:!O, III '.n(' h i,lm ichlliltli l1~~ inr luded the Wi ( kfmd vtai n St re-e -t

' \ " 11( 1;1111 '" . de- igucd 10 p ron-e I I h i, ea 11 \ water! rotu\I 11,,~(", In Pa wtue (.;1'1 li lt" Old SLi lt'r .\ltll Asvx ia 1IfIIl, o rga ni lt'd In re, lorl" Amt 'ril 'a ' , [ i rvt successfu lIt'xlIlI' mill (li93 ). was ntH' of rhe ('a rlit" 1 III th ivCOUl1 tr \' 10 sa \t' a huildm g lx-ca u w o! j l~ im[I(ITtanft'III tln- hi,[ory of American inlhl\lIial dev elopment .

Pri va u- pn-servation ;1( II vi I H" { O T1 unued to prol if e-tun-. I'll!" 1930 , sa w Iormanon ol Liule Cnmpum,l'ouvmourh . " '"rwi,k anti \\'ntl"n Rhode Isla ndhi ,t l"i('al vxieties. The ( ;ilht'rl xruar r vtcmoria l;\ ' ~( I( i a [ i f) n , organin-d in 1931 , ;I/ IIUI,('( I [hea l[ i,l\ 11Irthpl an' ( 1754 ) III ~ (}tlh King'town andIIml t'I l,ha m ', d i rer rion undr-rrook n-vrorauon;Iud t' 'l h ibilion o f the hou\(". ~ l1 u fl mill a nd adjac t'1II11l1lt' gri~1 mil l. SP :'\ L \ ;u qu llt't! :'\(' wporr\Joh n .\b wd ,ln Hou \t"( lt iXO. I750a l1d l i99 ) in 193i ,;lIId ;lho UI Ihe ,,,me li me Ih t" :'\(' '''IXlTl H islorica l

.\'","'"" .\1,,,,,,,,,, I ,ha m f J,V"' -I-I"-Il!, ">< h" " ( ">ld lu , ·f''''4>1, /,,,,, matar 1 >lf/li~>U ~ HI d~'Y'/"'JI "1i! " pllllQ<op ln,..,d d,, ~, ,,,'" (u , hl</'"'' p,~vn ''' f 1<m '" HI",d~ I _/,," d .

Stl( ii'" rai-ed monev 10 ';1\ I ' r f"1 non Il n u'!'. r. t·Il{' r;11R ,It ha mbea u'v headq lia rIt'l' dUI III~ Ihe- Re\ ,.Iu l1I 111 .Sh;lk t" \I It'al ("" I lea d ( Ii i~ ) ill J' Itn Id ellt e .p i in t i n~ offin ' a nd horne of Jnh Il C;u It'I , p uhlhlwlo f Ih t, Pvo vut ence r.(/~t'ttt' , W;I' ;1< q uil t"t1 for1t' ~lo r;tll tlTl through dfolt ~ o f lilt' Sh;lkt'sl lt'a n ' "H('ad A"{ l(ialion , Iormed in 193X for that PUlI" "t·,TIll" v.unum Conum-nt.rlc. {l !~;\ ll i 1t'd in 190i ,'HiI( has('d th e horne of (;( 'lIt 'l al J;1fIH" ,\ l i[d w llVar mnn ill ra~[ r.rc('lIWif h III 193~1.

A"n ill the 19:10, t ht- Cokmial Damt"~ tW,If<lIl <I

~ I" t t' \\' ide ploj e( I to If .llt,( [ inlru ma [i o~ about {'<II I\Rhode Ivland b u ildi ng,; ")1111' Ilf lht'll dala ha,bt1'11 puhll\hed . Tht, Rhotl t, "1;11111 SI h ll(ll o f f)t' ,i ~ lI

a nd Rlo wn l ' ni \ ('I ,jl \ . u, i n~ l)illl ( ) f a ~ra n l fro m( :;Irl wRit" Corpnra lin ll If' I ;I 1, ,,n IllUIIII\ a rlpl n jt'l L ' l><lII,oH"(! " 1)(I(.l nil R h ,l(k I, la nd alt h i-

IS I'RF:~F,RVA TION

C,I' ~'-'B of Wn llfo.d Main Slru/ .J Houalw1) IWl 'r b....·1) '!In'- lSl lIl PI p t.-un.'al"", .-f fo t l ' , ,'I ,l',.-u'.-d from II", harbor , m ot orboal.' arid all. lf i , kford .,I , ll ulai/l.' "'lull of I/.' " m l/ llr111,llnTU r. ilamr. 1<"' ,

t t'r turr wh ich ('(l\T ITd th r- wveutccmh cenuu vrhr o ugh G u '"k 1(· \'i \'<lf. 10

P recervariou pr o jer-r s o f th e 19·1{)s i ll( IudI'd J oh nNich o la s Blown 's g d t o f .1 01m Bro wn H ou v( 17M6) to Th e R hode I..la nd Hi vrori ca l Soc ie ty III

194 1 to S(·I\'t· a.. i t -, headquarter ... In 191:1 .\ h . Hrownr-ame to th e re, (\le o f th e Pr ovideme Arcade , builrIII 182H by Ru ssell Warrell a nd james C. Bill klinrhreau-m-d with dcmohuon for downtownd evelopment . Through hi s allspin's tht' Rh odeleland AsslKiation for the Blind a r-q uued th e building for it .. lu-adquaners. The Linl e ComptollII ist Ol iC11 S{'f iel y ,II IIu irt-d a mi hega 1I restora t ion ill19--1 7 o f it s filst p roper tv. lhe Quak er 1\1 ("r-till/-:House o n \\'('st Main Stree t. The CIXlIlll SfUSSOI '

Asso(iation wa s tormed in 19·19 to restore- Smith'sCa st le . se\t'nt t·e lu h·n· n l ll ry home of J ohn Smithloran-d at hi s rradin g: ()tlst cs rahl ished at Wickford inthe 16,10, and for man v yea rs home of th e Updikefamil y. Outstanding among preservauon evems

in Ih is dCl ad t" the- P n-servauon Socictv o f \ ' t'w I)tn tCoull ty wav 101mI'd in I!Hfi II I prt-ve-nr N' t' W Y"II.. ' ,

l\kt ro!'o) mlll ,\I U S(' 1I 111 o f Art h om H'mll\'i ll ,~

p,nlol p,llwllillg III De-put v Covcruur jon.uhanX ir hol -,' \...aterfronr mauvron. gnlt'la lh known a,1I11111t'1 House ( 17:1/j),

BC('aLlSe o f it s inrpar t 011 all leslot at i" n \\'011.. inXonh Anu-r iru . rhc major pr ogram t'vo l\'i n,~ d ll r in,~

th ",s", vr.us . in wilhamvburg, \'irg:ini a , mml 1)('lilli I'd here. In 192fijohll D. RtKkt'fellt'r ,jr .,insl lil t'dhy Dr. \\'.A.R, Goodwin , began preservationami n-storanon of that ci ty, ca p i to l 0 1 \ 'il gillia from1699 to 1780 , and by th e 1950s Reveren d l\Ir ,

(;(Mldwin's dream of Willi am sburg- taken ha ck to i tsei11;htet'luIHI'rllll ry hnda y had h t T 01TI1' a'i m uch area lil y a , Ror kefellr-r mill ions ami Amr-ricauscholar ship could ar hi cve. Tlw iniluelllt ' 01 Ihi scolos sa l undeuakin g 011 a ll nt hl' l Ill esel \'<ltilllleHOlt s r anruu be oven-srimated . The \filli a m sblll gconcept o f n- ctorauou 0 1an ('llI IIT tow n to the 1I10 st

, il.( n it ila lll 1lf"l iod III 11 .. h i 'lOl y aheu-d/III ''l ' I\ ,I,i IHi 1(1111 1'1 11' III ;'I;ollh ,\ m n i( a vo

( 1IIll IIkl ('I\ rh.u In 11j(' 1910, In lf,ral lOn gt ' II('I;l lh

h.ul 111111,' 1' 1 1Il1',1II ' 1 I I Il P I II~ awav l.!lel .1( 1('111111'

0 1 - i ll o lht' l \\'0"" - gt' ll lll g rid of ' lIh'l 'IIIWIH111 ' 101\ , lh I~V} 'I ,":! Im i id i lll.( ' ,II W illi;lIIhhlll g h,HIIwc'lI 11"1011'(1. j7:'J 10la lh !I'I ' Jlh tl ul lc'tl and lilti

dl ' llll . Iivhed 1'11"1'1\ ,1 111111 p h i II''' ' 1'11\ 'I i II re flt,( hIhc' W ill i.l llh h lll g {l lIUI'pl,

" ('111111 \ III II' d l('11 '"I I11.. nv 1t"IOla[illllllTIIJt'f l'IM\ IJI '(' II (k l ,n ltln ll(' . 111 \r i l h , l ll1 ,h ll l ~ p recede-nt slalhn Ih;1II 011 !r)(,11 hllllihng IT a dnion v. In 19-10 tl\('Hrown l ' n i \ t' l , i l \ ,n llll ln i' l la l lOll celer te-d 1't' I I\ ,"h<l \\ a nd I It 'p h ll rn , .111 111 1"'" flf Co lonia l\\' 1I i1 ;1 I11 \h ll r~ , 10 Inlo,,' ( 'llIn'1\Il\ I Jail. dl',i ~nt'd

in 177n I" Ro II" 1I \' 11111 h o f !'h rl' lIk lp lll a andm l)(,,"kd .l ll n h i -, :".1 \\.111 11.111 ;11 )' I II1ft·IIlIl .' 1 T Ill'' II i ~ i 11 ,1 1 l!l lt" 10 1 \\',1' cll ,I'11l a l l \ al tered 1<1 ton fo rlll\\ II h t',11 h ('lg lUt,t' lll h" "111111\ W ill ia lTl ,hllf ~ modelv.

IIII' .Jp)M·a llo III!' !I:!' I U'I,I I Jlllhl il of W Il Ii;1I11, b lll g.m d ...n ll t" itl !l:I· l o nl" p l' h ,I' 1('(1 10 pl ol ift'l<llioll ofI<ti:a l \ i lLt~c' IIU I".·U IIl u',llIr.llion plOjC'("I\ , InO'1 of\\'h i, h . IIl1clnl ,ll..t·1I wuhour l('(llihilt' t e- ....·;HC h il iIUI1l)lIIg " a n I laun 111 111' ,1l1l1H'lIIi<l[\.

O ltl "'Hnlllldgl' \ ' i ll ,lI( t·. Ih rou g h a rarl'fuIIHfti:I' \\ol ina lll<lll<>n , h.r-, t1"H'lopt'l l h om a hercrogeneou-,I " lit', 110 11 "I \; lh a 1o: l'" vt nu tut e o'I" II" b hIt'p lt· ...' l1IiIl1o: ,I :'\ •.\\ fll !l:bllli \ i lla!,:!' ,l(1t't' 1i m to av.. luable- b 1,0 1;110 1\ fIJI ti l(' ' 111(1\ of Amer ic;111

• III[ II I r-. Bt'l .Ill ' " of r cuu i ll11 in ~ ft' a" t·\,mc'Ill' .\\' I l llam,b lll 10: ,1I1d "illU 1,111110:1' ;1re' IIlIItTd w nou-, a ndi m p-ur.uu i l l ll\l r'll lol1' . i ll rhu-e-dimenvio na llnrm . of 1""[ wa\, o f Ilf t' . Thn help Ihc' vrudent a-,

wd l '1\ Ih t' [oUli 'l ,1l111 " hoo t r hild ro lI11t!n\lalldrill' IM'I 111 [Ill' 11111 ....1 pO\\lhl(' \I 'll \ t' , hut it muvtlit' It·nwrnlwlt·d Ih 'll ' II I h IIlo jt'l I, . 110 malin howhlilli ;llul \ ( (lIH" in'd ,Inl! ('};l"(IJI ('(1. mil" heIJlUlnqo"d a , pH '\I 'II ',uioll 1 'llllC'ph o f [h eil d;H'.Fnoll~h Itlm' I" ... l1 0 W pa\\I 'd [0 pLU1'llwlIl in l!lc iro w n hi 'hlll/al J'l"I,pt·( [in': IIIC'\ ale pal[ .. of thl'r h,, "~ i ll~ hi .. I", \ 01 Ih ,' I" t" l'l\-a[ion rnnn'lIl t'1I1 in,\; fll ih Anwlici .

I j I.. t· Illo ,t pll''' '1\"1ion pi OJ('I [, Ih 11 \ Lu ti l 'in J\'>('d ,Willi 'Hn ,hllJ .~ and " [lIrb"d~t· we lt' p ll"hlt h 01

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r.,lb"rl ~'''Q''', b",h!,fQ((', ~f1'''ld",,'''U '1, Q /"',h·,,,nl" ..."ro' b, IfI"d'HI/'" pl""">: .,,!,h,,, II ' Ii On, ,dum

l'IOti m.ukrd It'III.l1j\ l' ~O\ l'l nme-nral H '( fl1o:1l 1110 n0 1 " "I"lll\illllJ l\ fOI Ih(' n ;llioll ' , hl 'lolita l ;H lt l

;lI t h t'l l lo~ it ,II I q~.u v . r h i, 1';llh k~i ,lalion,

rt''! lIl1ill g IM 'lfni" 101 c'X;tl11iIMIHllI 01 nu u -, or

g." h(' Il Il ~ " I ;IIHUIUIl Il". ha d htth- dll 'l [ III Rh o. 1th l,, "d , nil' IIt'XI 1I""f11MI p lt '\( ' I\ ;IIiOIl k~hLIl IO Il ,

rhe- Il l 'l tll ll "'l lt·\ .\ t I IM, ,,,'d III 19.1.0, . declare-d fill

li lt' IIJ 'I II IIW;l Il.IIIIIIMI ' '' ll il \ [111" 1'\(,1\ (" 1< 11 p"hlllII... • h 1'11'1 il 'l it" . bu Iltii n g' a nd IlhJI" I' Ilf nal io n ,ll, i~ nif it ,III' I' 12

Frollll h i, "I' IWO illll " III 'lIJI p logJa lll\ deve-lope d .."it'( tiun 2/1') 'c' l up thl' mec h.uuv m lor clt- s i.~na l i ll .l(

landm.uk 1IIIIIdlll.~ ' .. nd viu Irom which th e-;'I;a[in n.. 1Ili' WIII I ...ndma r 1.. , pto.~ra III evolved w irh(Ii lt' ll a 10 1 n .. lu.umn I!n t'l o l l('d 11\ till' ;'I; allolla lPall.. ",·n'ill' . (,h,'" " rj te-ria, t'mph" ,i / i,, ~

au I hell [jl ir v. 1IIIIt 11lI '1I1 '\\ , h i"01 it a I i 1111 " 111;1l). I ' ,

and (·th ll a [io n ,,1 la!Ilt·" a n- h,, ~i ( - ,dl ~ vtill illll,etodav .

III Rhoill ' Ivl.md 110 vnucruu- It,(t'in·lIlandmall..

d....igl1all"ll IIII[i I 19 1ti , and ' c' lt'l [i \ t'm'\\ 01 dt"I~lIa ·

lion \ i, i lu l lt a[t 'd h\ [h t' Lu [lha[ \\'h t'll lht' :" ,uion.dI l i\l fll i, 1'''''' 'I\ ;tliflll A( t p .. ..,,· d lll 191;4\ onl y t·I('\ t'1l'lUll{ [1111 ' \ had h(,t,,, gi\t '1I landmark ' 1'1111' . <IllhUI Ollt · hu il l ild ' IIt' I"Ofl, r OIll (J ~\'lIagoglit' ( 1763 ) i,,h,' 011 1\ d....ig n.I1 I·1! :'\ ;t[i on,,1 lIi '[OIi, Sill" JIl [ht ', Ia lt' ; lilt' 't'n 1,111 <1111," 1.. , 111',i gll ,ll ('d p flllr [0 1900 arl'\\';IrHtln ,I .\mall · ll." a ll llloll ,,' ( 1119:1. ( , l i SO a nd

17 PR t _'t1I \· .~ 110 ,"

Iill ,'}I, RI"(J w, MltJ Lrhrar \ ( 17-1M), 8 1UK .\ t ll l.. ,·, ( 17tililoO ld CnJOIJ\ lI <> u ,, ' f17.1!I, a nd :"'t' \\P" lt ' !'O lll

LIIIII and .\ , \ 111111 ( 181Yl, ;11 1 i ll :"'nq)U!l; .. ihlK':IJ.li" \1t '(" 11Il ~ limN' (177:)), l 'nin'"m I LIII(177()) a nd ,\ Ltd..:!"1 l! o U, t' ( 177.1 ), III ('l m idt' lll t-: Ol d"1.llt ·1 \lill ( 1711:1) ill Pawnu 1..1'1 : and (; iJ1wII "tll<l1I' ,hil thpl ;Ut' ( 17:H) in :"'01111 K in ~'lnwil. :"',lliolla lI II, tfll ic I "lIItlm,u I.. , a H' ' u II t1", i.l{IJaIt'tl h\ ,lUIItonl\o l lhl' Ili "OIIi "illt" ,\ 11 .unl mon- Rh tlt!t- lvl.m dIllllltlll1!/:' and Ili, l ri,-t.. h ,I\" 11t 't'1I flt"i!/:ll.Ilnl , il1 l "I!ltioti , .\ Ilh . l ll ~h prt"I I ~" HI', Lmdm.u K 11"(''!/: lll lllIIl!.:lI l i,·, wuh II 1\0 IIn ,lIl( i;d hl"lwlu 01 k~,11

IJll1tl-.:. li1m

Sccuon 2(a l o f the Hi , to li , Si t,,~ an , whie hevolved linn rlu- lIi ,IOW Arue-rican Build in g' SUI·\1'}, I IABs , and in 1970 tlu- Il l, w rir AmrtuanEn g im't'li ng RI'I ur d. Il AFR , , (" lip t lu- fi l ' l na[io ll a ll~ 'll p llt ll [l'd <'\" tt'nla lil program fIll " 'I IIIt!III~ , p hOlogl;l p lll llg , and IIW;hur ill g h i..tori,..nUI IIHt",_ Rhl ltJ,' l sta nd '.. init ial HABS ptogramwav di nx u-d h.. IJhili p D. Cn-er . chairman of rhcIh-partrm-n t of .\ I( hirec 11II t"" Rhod l' hl.:l1u l SI hoolI>f Ilt:- , i~n . wrrh Xorrnan \ 1. "ham and Johnl l uu hin-, (:, I(h among ih lil "[ t ommi uvv IIWIIl hI" '" \Io le rha n 1.000 bui ldmg-, and ,i l!''' W('I('invenroried o f whu h "0 1111' II :) wer e llW;I'U11'd;1IIt! 01 pholo~ la pl1t"d aud inc ludr-d in !Ill' I!H ILlta log . \ 10'1 of Illl ' ou iltli ll,": ' , 0 HTOIiit'd hadllt't'li ouilt ht,IOI" 18(Kl. ;trld IlMIl\ , a hl',lIh tillea l

1" 111"(1, ha n ' "lIl( t' bt"t-n dem uh ,hl-tl . Th" l)J o~I;lIn .

with il ~ full lilt' of ma ll"l i;11 III Ih t" Lihra l\ o fC..- ,n~n_·~~ , i.. ;l1I lIl\alllaolf' ;1' ''''1. .W\ t'll ,Hld ilio na lII.-\B .\ IHO~I ,IIII ~ han ' ht" 11 (-;l1liffi n ul lw lt" ..111(('191 1. a nd Ih t' (-;ual o g:U1' 01 a ll !lAB" \.... 11 1.. illRhudl' h land I" n llw Il"atly fOI puhl ic;uillll .'l

l lm il n'It 'IlII ~ ' , AIIlf'lil ;1Il plt'()((u palio ll w ithtIll' p l e-R t'H lllll il)llary 1)(" l il ){1 pll'rl udl't! all \'"1'1illu.. dfOl I [0 ul1t!eT\la nd and Plot('( I till' (111IIllal In h,', " a llt e of la ll'r pt ',io(I- , Lewi,~tuml()Jd ' ~ ," u k.! (l1Id Stm/t'\ (192-1 ) a nd Ill('BrOIl' " /) n fl d f' \ ( Iyj l) hdllt-d in Ihf' If'·f'\ 'aillalion"l n ine((" llI h -tt'IlIUI \ wm l.. Fn 'll mOH'impflllanlwa .. Hell l\-·Ru, ,,,'!1 H it( h n lt 1.. ... It"ad('nhil} in rf""a"t"'o~i ll!'!; 1){)<,I -t' lg h lt"t' ll lh -n'lIl u ry Aml"ril-an a l la nd allhill'l lurt' . SdlOla" 01 Ih t' nexl ~'" I lt' r a lion,

in flll enc ed h\ 1Ii « hOJl k '.. (',ul lt'r t" lIIph,I' I' O il tilt'm'l-d fill ""TlIlU ' ' IUd II" 0 / 1;IIt'I n in t'It'f'lIIh 'I('lIIll1 \Ilnt'!opllwll h , have i ll ( It';I ' l u.l{ I ~ IlII lWd ' " IllI"'"ld~ 0 1 \ 'lIl lIIi ,1II and po ' I·\'i l lOliall 11I'1I. ...h .Th l''''' \ OUIl ~ '" h nlar v aho 1"1111 ibun xl In ;1 , ig l1 it I( ;ml r ('a" I ' ~'lI1t'lll .,1 Ill(' 1>l1'''''I\':llJc)l] i'I ' , rok intht- Ii ~hl "I all a lu-red dd illil ioll III • u ltural and,u , h ilt 'l IUI"I \,l llIn.

rhi .. ( 11.:l 11~t' (II inl !'u"'1 wa .. pr t"~ ~,"(ll t, "'1J\t"ev n-m in Rhol k leland III Ill(' la « - 1!J1n... 1' lI ll1 IIIIhi, dale, t IJII,"g(" r-ourw-, ill Amer ir a n au a nda rr hitee tun- we-rt- ( hi{' ll ~ Ih" "" giv r-n a, p;ITI ti l th t'Rhod e " land xr hool of n ....lgn a rr h ir e nu .d PH)~r;1 1lI b ~ hh,UII who t"llll' ha,ilt'lJ pr e-rnm-u-cmh ,enlluy w 11110. . I ,a tt" i ll ,I I(' 1 9~(h nl , AII'X ;llltlt'llhnm-r , tlu-n diu'lIOl of RI Sf) ', muw-utu, 10mmi-vione-d llenr v-Ruvsel! Il ilchcOll tCI 11111l1ll[ arnmpre-lu-n..in ' phO[n~r;lphil ..hOI,' of Rl l<,de" land dtllu rl't 1I1Tt'. Th i-, cv h ibu ion w nh II<, .1(l()m"<IIl \i ll~ \Oll llllt' wav thr- f n~ 1 wtl rl.. 1'1 (It-alwi th the arr hm-c ru ra l hl'IOI\ of rh c ..t.IU' £1' " 11 (hI'W\ I'lll rt lll h (( 'IIIIl1\ 10 till' p re,( ·I1I. ' ·

.-h illl "I('\1 in Ihe compk-vuie-, 01 mneu-emh -I' ,'lI lltr \ I UItIll,' d eve lo ped . ('atl i"1 IX'II1lth \ \"1"1('

imte-a..ill.L: h IU'.c: II'llrtI . Aftl'l 1..11;1111 ', lI' lil t'IIII'1lI 111I!HJ , t he Rhode "'la mJ ."i t hcltll 01 1)" '1 ~n oHt'l edHule American an huotural hi-aorv. WI It'Il BlOwn[ ' n iver , in hq~a n 10 off 1"1 (OU I 'I' ~ 111 11ll' hi ,tl'l \ 01Arnn ic.:l lI ardliu,(turt' III Ih t' 19':'0... nlll'h.., i, had, h iftl'l1 al liin ..' t' nt ire h IU ni lll' lef'lll h - a nd 1\,'f'IItil'lh -( t'JlIUI\ d l'\ f'IOp UWII I' ,

\(011'1'\ 1'1" all hi tt't I<, a lld It'a( hf'I' 01 IIII' " Idrl~t"nera l ioll h 'II1 httn ",hllt ll(-.:.I ill d a"ir,11 ;1Il0Ik a ux .\, 1\ lIad il ion... I' a rl h btT<lU'o! ' of dr a 'l ilt ha ll~ (," III bu ild iTl~ u'Ih llo l0.c:\ i ll Ihi .. (( 'fllllf\ ,ami pa n ly 11t't-au ..t' of Iw"t11 i('lh -(elllu lY all h il{'(' IIn al u m f( 'pl' , m,lIly ", hoo l, olOl..e aw a y 110mIradi lion a l i1 u hi ll'Clura l lra ill in g- , wit h liLt, U ""lIlt

Iha' ma llY alch ilt'l'~ no w pran ici ll ~ ha\(' o ll h a,ulx'r(icial u lldt' r,,(a nd in .1!; of t' i~h ll'l' nr h - m 1Il1ll'trtlllh-{t'IlIIlIY' ..1111(11111' III ..1\l i 'li{ d l,\, 'll lllrrleTlI ."'10m pa..1 hu ildin~ Iladiti oll ' a It>a l IIu ';11.. ha..OITlItrro.

.\1 Ih t> "klmt" li mt" Anwril all I"'l lle ill" n f li \in.1!;han' IIl1dngollt' dra 'l il I h ;tIl~..... P lo h;lbh Ill('

IK I'IH~~II\-\Ilfl "'

r hie- ~ lII~ lc' nUN ' ha~ IJI'l'1I Illoh ili t\ made IX)\ 'vible- I" the- IJl i\ ,w ' .uuomohile, a mao- mo btht v\\'h i( h h.r-, ~IMW Ill'd ..ptaw li ll~ vuhrnhan deve-lopIlWll h, hnhoom towuv. a nd \ hoppi n~ ("t' Iltt't\ se-ti ll ~l'a ~ of avphah p;lIlin~ 10 1\ , Lrmued a((e~~

hieh-qx-ed frt'(·w.. , ~ h'I\ ,t· cI h\l IO~ \l'ti the na non.( ontlilllllin~ IfI dr-n-tiot.nnm I. f once vita l urban({·nlt·" ",'ht 'l t' nnpor taut cil\ hluld m .ll;s once~ I IM)(1. Fe... lc ·ral re-newa I I"oj('( h , imended 10 It'\ it,t l IlC' 1'1\ (I 'n!t 't \ , wen' IUI'd ican-d Oil wide-wale(frar'HUt, ..1 hll ildin ~~ dee-med dilapida ted andlIu IlI.III'II, SIlC h "'holt·..., lt· r learam e ha.. 11M) oftendt'~uo\t'tlllw IMlion'~ (uhural and .-j"1C in herIl,Ull e- .

In the ttl e- 01 ~11( h ( ha n~t· ~, rwentieth-cen rurvpll'\l'l\alioll ~I l.d .. ,11(' t)f'ill~ n-av-evsed . Preservalion i\l~ IIOW 11I01(' aware oflht, \UIIl("'; of n in ett'('lIlh- ( 1'111111' all h III'" run- and wi 11It'...,(" nlma"I\(' dr-moliuon nnl "nil 01 whole neighborhooch but ut Iandmar kv rhar (an Ilt·\t'r heIrplalc'(I, ha \t' ~!l)wl, (nnw 10 1('(1)g-ni lt, lilt' 11n pOI1;1111 I' 01 I>rt'\('I\allol1 o n a mur h broadened~l all'. Thc" 1I<1\t· learne-d tl\ t':\pni('nft' rha rhlllltllll~\ . 11I1 IIMllt '1 how di\lin~ui\ht>d . suffer" ',iou\ 1o " when Iht ,\ au' vrt ippcd of their * 1_li llg-~ , wln-u lIc'C'~ an- fill down for pa rk ing- IOhand h o m ,'alth (',111'1\ ,IWiI\ In widened Ireewavv01 ~a~ ~Iilljolh . a nd "hc'lI h lg-h'l i~e ,(p a rl ln t'n l\a nd (fllH l"m inillllh he't ""11' ttu-ir rJ(' i~hhor\ ,

TIll' l"c'\I 'I"II I"n vtnr v tnun Ih e I !HO~ 10 1970~

rnuv r hi' told "g-aill~1 Ih i\ ha t ]..:g-rou lJ(l o f "hi fl ingi TJl t'n'~ I\ , ( h ;lll ~ in !o: It'( hll nl " !o:,, a mi ra pid changeill li\ i rlg pa llt' I II~ , L'than n-uewa l plau -, rh:u\\'o ll id T,Htil a l l\ alu-r J'\l'WpOIt a nd Prov idcncea n d Hl.td -hll ild in g pl f)~"lm .. thar we re 10 fra gmentmanv o f ti lt' \lalt"~ o ld ..i lbgn Wt'l(' in (llh,Hc'Il inl ilt, 19lfh, Yrt ril l g(,t1 ui n el y t (} lll p l(' I 1t'n ~ i \,t, 'Omvev of ~ I " I(' It'~()ll nt'\ had ('\l'r lx-en made andhu k- P l t' ~l 'I\'aII OIi mtormanou wa~ available lorpLlIln ill ~ lI ~l ' . •", \( 'n \{)( jl·l it,.. Ihal Wl'l e In pl a yk adlll f.: lO!t·\ in dl ,\t ' lo pi ng a !JtlMdt'I phil {)~opll\'

,,'<"It ' " rig-i ll' l ll\ IClI lllt 't! in InpOll'l ' In 111lt>al ~

agai ll~ 1 lIHli\ idu ,d hllll d l l1g~ , T he mil ia l illlt'H' ~1

of rill' na llo n \ 1tI0~1 11ll1'''l!a ll l fll t' ~{,I\'.ltion 01~"n i"llillll , li lt' -" "I ion~d Trll~ 1 lo r Hi ..lOlIC lOre·

, ..... ... ., I'T..._. /,_...1 ..I.... 'n

/"/m H ut, h"" (;4d.. ! I ~~/ ,l tJ"' i I, 4" h,t..a, h"tmla" 4" d"14"'1 l,'h",.. 1"",,,\, "/ I' ''w"I...,, .., U'O,. !<'/Ih th .. lI ,i .1', ,,, ,,,1 ,, .. 1·......n'fIf"''' ' on ..tv, 4.,,1 (;,1\ PI" " Cnm ml.\-'W" ~"'lJth ",O"... ,. ..d fl, .. call'" of h " t" rlf " ,",..nll/"'" In

H I" ,d.. 1,/", ,,1

" 'I \'ali( )II, ' ha l tl'l l'I.) III 1!l IK, \\';1' d itc'c red to ward~;I\ l!l,g hu ildill "g ~ o f nat ional \I~ Ill Ii",HHe, InRho d, ' "land iru pt 'llI" for Imm.uion in 19'16 ofthe- l'It '~ l'n a l i"1\ S(M'it,,, III :\'t 'WIMITI Coumv. OIH'of 1111' mov t impot t.u u fo ret'\ ill tilt' ~ Ia lt' for rhepa-t tw r-ntv -five "',It\, did 1101 ( Olllt' from a ~ \ 1'1

unpt'ltt 'i H'd dltt '.lt ~ In rlu- whrrh- bbri( 0 1 ItH' o ldtown - urban n-m-wal ;lIld toad- b u ild ing- p toj('( h- bill from Ihl! \ll l,tll'd l o ~ ~ III l lH' 1I111l!l" lI()ll~t' ,

'1"111' m-w \I}cit'I, ' \l llll l In clgrli /l 'd , huwt-vt-r. IIH'Ln g-el IHTd 10 plOl t'! I Illli o n ly bUIlI"l'lh o l JlH'n iIWIl'I'IHh " I'III I11\' huildil1 g ~ hur a l~n g- real mall ~ i(J lI~ ,II n il H'ItTll lIT -( t'llf lll , ~ t'Wlll l1I,

(;Uldt·d ;11 l i"l b, J ohn P t'Tkin \ B,ow'n , a nle m ht'l 01 111I' ( ;I '(Jt ~i ;lIl S' Mil'I~ ' . :\11 .., r.(,OI~(' lI ell 1\\\'''" t'II, 111I' 11 (''''' '>1M it,,, ' .. pf('~idt' lIl , ( haIH·d aH lIlT\(' lhal 1101 on h- i1ll Illdt'll rt'~lnra l io ll 0 1 IheIlu ll1t'l 1111I1 ,, ' hUI al .... , If'SUIIl't1 in a \ u nt' \' o f

19 PRf.'UI\'AT!O:\

\""t ll Wain a,,,l Craw f" .d \Ir,.,/" 1""l'Id ,.." ,., ,',"u' Ir"'"11,,. ( ; "' ,., ,.... " /J,,,/dml( , ah m. 1 l ,~qq _

.'\t "'1'OII .lfl hun: IIU(' from Ihe wvc nn-emh I t' lIlm , 10 lilt" plt'\.{·n l whir h intended ro tl' the!/; ltlUlld WillI.. fo r a pn-v-rvauon p lan .

O il <10\11(' hom !\:t'Il Ilt'l h Chorlev. then dm-rtor01 Colo nial \\'il lla m"hl llg, IIw ,rOCit' ly Ill'goli a [('(lw it h C OlllII C'" 1..:1' / 10 S/('( h t' ll\'l fo r pt>lrni"ion 10

cil'pla~ rlu- n lt'a l..er". vumnu-r horne of COll w liu"\ 'anderhi h hu ill 1)\ R il h;llt l .\lmr i" H UIII III IM95.Fil , t vhowu ill 1918 and fin,llh pu rrhawd h, lilt:"'ocie!\' hom lilt' famih III 1972, th e 8 , ea l.. ('1\ hacI"o\('n a pt'rm;llwnt 101HI,1 auracuon . I" ,un-t''''ha-, led Ih e 'fl( u-tv. under .\11,. \\'allt'll ', br ilhantdnertiou . illl o an ex uaord inarv hOU't "IIlIl't'U III

p,o!/;ra lll . T Ilt" ,uIlelY no w ow n, and d l' I'LI~'

uuee colonial house and l'i!/;11l ' UlIlITWr lll;H1,iml\w hir h had mun- than -l!·) .~ ,OOO " i, iIOl' i ll 197:).

lhe \1)( ie ly 1101 o nlv "how .. the hOIl \l " hut pro·more-, thei r uve- fo r conre-rtv. hall s, d inners. a ndcpccial relebrauons . \ ' i"i lfll" therefore have a\("1I\{' of Iht' \fltial !/; Iamour for wh ich ~(""' port

ha-, lOll!/; 1)11:'11 Iamnu-,. .'oillit" rhe '\O(iely-', dhul\ha ve rrmrentrate-d on the rare- and tl"l' (If lh e<,('~I("al muwutn htlll'o(''' , hl)\\'t '\("I , it h a " IJ("('()JII(,

apparen t llMl prolcct io n of d uet' hu n rlu 'd 01 m ort'

I

\",,, Ia. ",,., . ' ' I! l ,j\ :: .,llOU· ' ,11,. "/lul",t,,,,,, I" ,...."',. " /!" u/I/II l!: I"t, ,.-I,,.,,. 1I" to" , ,I.",t,,,,., o,"~ ,/,,,,.1

t'l~hU1:'J1lh -I"I\II1J' hou,t " and hundn-d-, 01 '111;111blt'f 11I IU'\(' '' IIMl make III) rlJ(' hi' lllli, tow n i-,,rill 10 1)(' ;lf l tll ll p li "lwd. Ik l ;II I \t" of T1,in~ main .It ' na nit' Itl, I" tlu"le('" Ilil" t' illll"it!ert'd di',)(I,a l ill

vorm- ma nner of th r- It'a'1 p" ,l i la hl., 01 rlu- pl Opnlll' '' , II thiv ha ppc'" " ;, lrt';Hh lIm ';w 'IU'tl Bdll"'Ill" ,h t' IlIH' r ouh l be- OIll'I\l'd up I II h ll l lwlinfom IMlihlt'dnel')I ·llJlt'lI l

1' ! ()~ r;I III ' 1m !('"roratioll and re-habifit.uion ofcmaller hou-a- han' hat! to de-pend on dfOlI\ nforlu-r fl" il; illl i , a IlUlh - rill" 1' 0 1111 .:\.. .... l( ralion( I Jt ~a n i /t-d 19.i,il , O pt'r;l l ifll1 Clapl)lJ;ltd ( 196jl.O ldpotl '-\w >(ia l io n (I 9fi ~l, H i\IOri( Hi ll . \ , \t )(- L I

lion ( 1970, a nd m o st impor tant . :'\\ 'WpOl t Revtora tion Found.uion . a n o wm-r vlu p nlln pa ll\ ' J ohnPcr km -, Brown pt.'rsuadl"(1 ;\li " DOli , Duk c' 10

Iorm in 196M . For the IM "I fin ' veat-, 11 1111" 1 tht'di rection o f Franci s Ada llI ' COIJl\IOl. 1.. , l.u mr-ra vcoc ia te d ner tor of the .... hool of al(hil('('llllt' atPrinceton . the Io u ndanon ha-, arljlllrt'tl , t1IOCll ~

memed . renovated . and 1I' ;J '>t'd "lllll(' 1011\ t';11 hhllll'o('\ ;UlI! p la n-, \imllat ueannenr 101 at h-actth irl\ more. .\Io , t of Iht '\(" ;11 1' vmal! t'iKhtn·fIlh.o-murv bui ldi ng-, in rhr- old pa ll 01 IIII' t il" . .-\ 11

wenk iv done hy (-.ulll'nlno; ami naflo; nwil 1I.1I11('(1

In tln- Fouudauon vhop ill presc'T\~ll ioll u-c hniqlI("S. ,\ !iss Dukc ' has also tk n' lo lwd.1 LUIll \-illagt'clf moved o;rllUllI1 C'S, indudin,g an c'ig h r('('llI h .

r e-nnu v windmill. fil l land around the- o ld l' a~I'

I:Hm in 1'0I 1\ 1110 1lrh , lx-ur-r known as Ihl' vinwht-u- Bnll\h Gellnal 1'1'1''>\ 0 11 wa s capum-d bv.111 Anu-rican pall v lIlldel Colrmd \\"il lia lll B ;Il I011

In 1777 .III PO ol the- lountblion df'\ t'lopI..d the- Sam ul'!

Whi rC'! H>TlIC' I lou ..e ( IXI I) 011 T h ;IIIlC' \ Sln'I'1 a, a

museum fOI d ivpla v of :"I 'wpon f llrnishill~s.

FUIUTl' Iouudauon plans iuclude developme-nt of~ I rKUl ow park in from of T Tin ity Chunh following in a much modified H'Tsion a P101)(lsa lmade- fm lilt' I' rt'sf'I \'a l io J1 SocielV in rill' late I ~FJOs

h\ CluislOph f'1 Tunu.nd. A hislOl y of the Iouuda rion '.; ;\1 I nmphvhrne-utv is now in pte-paration .

Resro ra l il ,n of tht- FJi ellds ~ Ic ·l 'rin .g II OllSt',undr-rtaken bv :\Ir . ami :\lro;. Svdm-v \ \"Ii g h l 111

191)H. ..n-mmed f rmu a sll .gge ... ion made hy ;\hs,(;eorgl' I Jl'llTy w.u reu. Enuu..led tIl Olin :\1.HlIlllllk , .II.. Im n WI It'sidl'nl 'lit hirt'l t III\\'illia mo;hll lg, thr- rnrt, lalinn lI'f ll'lls the wish('sof :\11 _and .\tlS . W ri gh r Ior nwticulollsly cnn-ful.thougtuful n-seanh and doc umcmauon . \\' I1('n1111' fir,t pall of rhiv nWl'lillg hOllst" ;I sqlla ll' hiptooled tur reu-d suucrun- that could ho ld 500 o rmort' , was b u i lt in ll i~J~1 ;'\'ewpoll was ahead~ rhe

vr r-m' of tlu- ;";ew En,~ lalld Flil' lIch Ye;n ly :\h 'c tIng. -1-wII ~ldd lllCJnS , IJlI(' III 1730 a nd a sC(lmd IIIl.'loll7 , rriplt'd thl' silt" 01 til{' o r i!-?;i n a l in o lliel toaCUJll1lMlale vt'ar l ~ llltTting (\(J\\'{I~ clf a, m al lY a ,lh lt '(' tn fin' rhOlIo;;llld , F n b rged ;Iga in ill 1l':FJ7ami OliO' mme in l.'loli7 , Ill(' 1 IUI I IIi ll .~ was (,(1Il

H'rted illln ;l (ommunity t{'11lel when lh t' Yead v~kning W;1S no longer Iw ld ill :\,pw pml. As

orig ina lly propn"l'd , H wa .. illtemlcd to ITturn thesl nUl url" to Ito; 1730 a ppc -araIHT; hUI i llfOlma lioll

ll 'n'akd during ll'stOratlnn work 011 tIll" IX07addition led tilt' W l ig h lS and Bu ll ()( k to kcep Ihefil\r Ihlc'l" pailS of th e blli ldi ng ~ lI1d to explain('a r lin ;m d la tt'r dC'\"{'lopnWlIh "f tht' enmpkx Inm odd s. A R h ode h land lan d m ark in Irs loralio nln h n iq ues , thl' :\kl' t lllg 1I0u, e h a o; I)("en g in' lI to

Ih e :"\c'wlll)lr Il io; tOl ic ll Socit'IY ,

Ill-spil t, s (l( h ;l\ l o lll l' li sh rrl('I1 IS, ;o;; ('WPOll h ashtTII inlrc';ls ingl\' tlucan-ru-d. ttrban It'l\l'w:ll PIOJClh and load plan-, f.umul.ued in rill' 19 ,1(h a ndl~fJ(h WIW ;11l" l om il lg II) I run 1011. Dra ...it ph vvi (-;11 I hallgt'~ have IIITIl r-an-a-d by <Il';n ;ln(( ' for m-w

unui-t -oru-nn-d hon-ls : hv ,hoppi ng -c('nlc i con O;lnu non ou eillH'1 silll ' of tilt' Hl jr k :\tnlwt amiOil Hdll'\'l1C' A venue: hy tIll' ;'\'ewpoll Blidgl' Injauu-vrown: by ;1 wi ck r ru rlnough nhl 1':t'wpOlI

fOI :\klllll\ial Houh-v.nd: and h~ dCl11olrt lon 01llloo;l of till' o ld wan-rfroru . On li lt' posuin' sidt'orlu- Il'P'1l1 urh.m 1l'lwwal plOj{'11 IOl I listtllit Il i llat la sl L Il I, fOI pl(,Sf'l\-iltion and iluolpOr;T1('spraciira l an d o;t 'nsilile IHopos,ds fOI re-hahilu.uiunof thi .. pall of 1':('WpOll. j '

T h e Providenc e Pre-v-r varion Sociny , orga lllwdin 195f1 , was a lso Iormrd I)('ClUS(' of a rhn-at hutfro m thl' fir" r ih p urpo sl' wao; !lOI 10 rrvan- 01

operate m u se-um huildin gs 10 ;1111;\( 1 t(l llli s ls , hUIIn sah'age le lllai lllllg C,n lkg:e H ill arr-hirerrure 101p ri\ a tt' tevidr-tui.rl llo;(' . Bro wn [ TI1l \'('I , i ly ' .. r;IJ)I(1p o srwa l e-xpan viem a nd auendam W T<! fm dotmi101 1(', resulted In rhr lo s, from 19-1H 10 I~FI,') offUlII hlcll k-, of t-xt c-lh-nt buildmg-, 11 1 Ihl' middle oj

' he old East S ide. -rbi, 10.... was the- (;l ta ly ..t forformatio n of a sO(ielY dr-dicated to making "thepasl a n aSS('1 for 1111' Iut uu-," wit h .Jo h n ;0;; it hola-,Bro wn a, chai rman of It , board. " Irs. W ill ia mSla ter Al le n its pn-vidcm. and John H utc lun-,(;;HI ~' , fo llowing 'conna n Isham as a prcwt v.u ronanh iH'll , n ll(' or irs rounding nll' m lwr.., Al thisl ilTH" the l' ITS('l\ a t io n SociC'ry C' lldcJlo;ed c.."1d~ ', Til l'CI I'IC (171(/ Anllltrc/ rlTa / [)l' { 'f '/IJpTllf'/I1 II! [Jr()l'I

dl'llO' ( 1957), ~111 ill\'a illa h lt, ;lCCOlllll of lil t' lil y"~Towlh.

Frolll rlw 0111'1'1, li lt' l'rm id C'IHf' Cil\ P ia "G ,)1l1I11i,sion, thell in procl'S>; of dl'wloping p lansfm an Ea st Si de re newal proje<I, ,t1pporwd tht'C..olleg-e H ill p ro g ram , TIlt' Ct"llllll ....ioll ;lskl'd tht'Prm 'id t'nn ' P [('scrva t ion SOI'it' IY to SPf\ ;) as tIll"ci ti/en orga nital lC)ll lTCluil t'd for a pi lol \rl lllygra n! fro lll tbe ( ' n it I'd S ta ll''' Oep a rt nH'11l ofllo u , in g a nd l l iha n J)e \ ('lo p nw ll l "10 ('xpll ll('

ways to prott'Cl an d 1t'IlI'W tbl' histolil ,l r( h i teltUft ' o f Co llege I lil !." W ilh <IpplfJva I of thi o; g rallttht' Collt'gt' lI i ll "' ud\ bna rne lh e fir '" 1ll1111i{i -

21 l'II.~ .'~II.\'''llfl~

Il,llh 'tlI'IMlllI"t) plt"('l\allflll ( '11011 in tlu- '1011( 'and imme-diau-lv in\o!\('(1 I'I'S III a ft'(INalhfulltlnl til' pbllllill~ projet l.

TIlt" Cil, Plan Ctll1l1111"ioll, "a,il1~ ih prinWill II III!!: lepOlI 011 a (olll/lu'ht'lhin" 'linn and;lIla h ' I' 01 IIII' pln'H al ;II, hi 1(', tun- and ,onalrharar ter III ( A,IIt1:I' H rll , n-commended a n-vmra linn jlI U !!:I ;lIll Ihal H"lll,( led hlliltlill~' 01 allIX'lind" and I'nll lul ;I!!:('d ronn-mporarv df"\i~n fOI

new ( flll ,lllIIllllII . 1'111' n-port furtlu-r propo-eddn rlopnlt'lll ..f a nanonal pall a' a memorial HI

RU!!:('T wilti.un-, la p p ro \ l"d In ( :OIl~H'''' in 1%4 1:

I M '-";I ~I' 0 1 pro!l": II\(" hi ..lnlil d icun I k~i'/;llion :

","JIll!' ' Ill I I 1IIh;11l re-ne-wal "flIL. : all Nhllal ion pro~ r;lm: d('\dnpnWIlI HI a hivmrir nail along!kllt,l il "on n 'l , mUllit 11);11 i nl l u o \ e nl t' ll h: t'IKHUT·

a~I'ITH"nl 01 pll' ;IIt'I\ liIMIl(,'(1 revroranon 1"0.~ra ll1 ': ami Inlmalloll 01 ;1 It'I)It~'lIlaliH' organi zauou 01 cil ilell' 100\1·1....-e dr-velopnu-ru o f thepLIIl ' ," 'Th e- 1'10' idr-nr (' Precervarion SCI( iel v.Ikllt'll! Slft'('1 .h .". ll iari n n ami Fr», Point Xeiah -

TII ~ .~ '''I//d",ll.\'''' II" ",,"I, "d~ "I ( ;""'.l(~ ,,/ . "pp"...I~\/. \ul,'".... ( ,1" " .1, ." , /''''ll.n ~.\''''. f.\p,,,,,,,,,, b\' 8 ." u ,'l( ' '' '' '1"' <1/ )' ,~,"lud .., 'a~",l.: ,,' 1".1,,,,, I",u .~ . rot /Iln/,/...'" '" , h~ ~a ,h I"~",

bOlhood , \ " 0 1 1<1 110 11 1\;1 \1' jonulv hfh-d Ill!:' bllt'l

Iunrrinn."011I( ('" ha, IM'I'II r hu-flv dm- 10 III ivai! ' 111\1,,1

11I('111. :\1" . :\bllohn C; . Chall'" .II . , ;l!o lle ;uqulIt'd

and 11"11111'11101 U',;l!l' \1111I1' 1011\ hOlI\1" , uuludill ~ a ll e-uttrt- hl ,,,L. "l lllillll ;1 n-rr.n e-d and~a l dl' II '"t 1 illlt'1I01 (011I1. nit' Epi'>/:upal DUll 1' '>('' ofRhodt' lvl.md "II" 11'11110 II'>/:" ih Inlli, 1''11 Edward-,FIIIIIIII ) ! t" IIII,' ;11111 I I>II\( '!I <l hilI( L. 1II IIf IU"," ' ( Ill

Be-m-fn "0111"1 '1 ""1\\'1 '('11 Cburr h and "llal '11" '1"

illlo ap;lIll1lt'lIh 101 n-rm-d (I"I ~\ , . \ h lJ~"l hn"

mow rhan 1\\11 humh,,1 hflll\1" have bo-n pn\all,h n-vnue-d .

T n I' IHO IIT;J!!: I' iIlH"l!IWIIl III Itil' an-a . 1'1'''0 ha v

o rg-a n i/t'd ""li\ ;tl IOUl ' In , hn \,' -matl 1 1I1II"'~ ;

'f)fllll'(I ;1 r on -uham bun-au III ;n ! \ I ,>/:' l lI n ' IX'( l l \ ('

buver v nn 1t ·,lo"ll iol1 and hlllll,hlll~' ; '>("1 Up ;1

d Ot e-n t 11 ;lll1ln~ I'" l~ralll : ;111; 1 1I~,,1 1,'( IUn", (I ll

IX'!1l1(1 d" 'I II:II: ;11lI1 ' 1II II II i('(1 (."m"T' with do-d

hi'lilill" and (.Ih rl mtorm.mon . I'h e 111 1' ''''I\ ;llillll(0111 t'p' 1M' ' 1II I';ld hl'\olld t ht, vtudv area inlo

~~ PIH. ~._R \' ,-\ T1 0'

o lht' l ll \'i~hhmhood~ (0111' pn-dnmi narulv POI111 gllt"~t"). ami I ~ I'nrollragt'd by P I'S ' ~ program of•l....·.l ldi ng 10 I H lll~e ~ re-habilitau-d al((IHl illg 10

IheiT lJlIild in g IWT lod , rlla l"I' r ~ gi\'i n g o rig ina lhuilder . dare o f couvnm lion , a mi Ilw ,, )('it' I\'~ sea l01 .IPIII II\"al , I .t ll ' l l h i~ rOli , divttic r lOllin g ha-,he-en ill eHt', I ~ i ll '(, 1960 a nt! ROg"I'T Willia!Tl ~

Nauona l ""'mOlia l Park hav no w rl"11 h-d lilt'pl allnin g ~ tage,H

J\lany rcmammg plOhklll~ a n ' vul l tied ill withBrown l ' tri verv uv cxpanvton. L.nge nr-w un iver virv buildilT g ~ hav e aln-r t-d res idcmia l sr ale andlaudlor d-, h' l l'(' (OIIH'r tt'd d wclhng-, uuo nff.cumpu-, vnu k-tu hOllst's, Rt'(('lIll y ~OlT Tr 11II1tH'tl( oopna li\T pbllllin,C; with umvet vitv o lfina ls ha she-e-n pO\\ lh le, OIlH'T rhlt 'al ~ 10 l ilt' area .111' due to

Il ~illg maintenance (ost~, and imlude ~ lT i pp i llg

h O\1 "' ~ o f dt'l'lil 10 rovr-r du-rn with new ~ i th Jlg

mare-rialv. Il i ~t tll i { d ivmrr reg u la r ion~ help topn-vt-tu ~u, h aln-nuion-, 111 plOl tTl t'd SI'I, t iOll~ ,

III ot he-r p.Uts o f lit e ctan-. th e- 1 9 ,') O ~ and 1 9 f1O ~

saw Iorma unu o f a ll ill ,rea ~ il1g number o f hi stori ca l ~otit' t i ,'~ m g-anilt 'd to p lOlt"(1 lot a l buildin gsa nd hi sl (lri l' \'i l lag-t's, ~' Jlllt' ~ I"l l kt'd hy prot lama lion o f Rhod,' Island Her ilage ,\Ionlh in 19:11i.muiau-d hv th e o ld Coumi! o f EtonomitDnTI(I])lIIeITt , Cran ston. l lopkuuon . Prnaquamvun. .1Ilt! BLI( "'IOIlt' \ 'a lley Ill ~ t oril'a l sor i l' l i,'~

....'t're .d l tl lg anilt'd ill Ihe 19:)O~ , Th e la lN'd:\I a " ,a~oil ;\lonullWtH ..h~oflali tln (t ha ll,'u'( ! 1907)wa~ It'ani valt'd in 1952 a~ th e ;\I a , ~a ~oit lI i ~ l or ical

Sotiety a nd h a ~ ~illi e inili.ued a ~ l ro n,C; p U''''r\'<llion pro gram , .....o l king wit h lown a nt! sta ll' offi,ia l~ to dt'vt' lop a llla~ l t" r plan fOI \\ 'alT{'n \obst'r\'alJ( (' of rhe Bi, ent ennial The Cran ~ton

1 1 1 ~lOlH a l SOI- il,ty .u q u iled tht, 17:)0 Joy Il o lTl t'~ tt'ad in IY:J9 to ~a\(' it froTl1 demolllio ll alldIWg-;lll a ~eIH i l i\ (' l e ~IOral i tln o f lhal litrk budd ·i IT ,~ . Wh ell Sp ragul' ,\ la n" io n, til{' mi ll o wner'sI',tatl' 0 1 rht· C ran ston P rim \VOIks , far ed d elTloli lioll in 196,1 ami rt' l' lac(,llw tH hy a fed t'l'a ll yfinan n'd b igh - ri~t' hOlISm /{ IHoj e(( for lh t' eld('r1y,lh e Cr anslon ~rl(i l' lY en li, tnl "ublil ' SUp pOll,~t'( IIIt'd rhe $IOO,O{}(J ilsking prin', a nd has ~in({'

leslnl ed tbe hnu~e and gro u nds. :\'uw fllrn ish ed

,11111 lilt' ((' nlt'l 01 ,I \'i.~oroll~ luv touca l and ~onil l

prog ram . SPJagtl(' :\l al Hioll ha-, a n r-xtu-nu-lvirnport a ut pLtt t' in lilt' ( i lY's life.

Il i , w l ica l ~(lt it, til'~ rununued ltl o tga llilt , in rlu1911lh , among them Harr in ,C;1Cln , \\' ,II \~- ick , Fosu-rEa~1 I' ICI\'idt'lIC1 ', Rirhmond and ( :hatl (' ~l t l\\'n

(Iol llln! III prOIt' , 1 O\TI demoliuon hv the vtate.

wtthrun noticl' 01 pctm u. o f lilt' clg h lt'I:ll lh·(t' ll ill ry Ind ia n ~c hoolhouw n-poru-d 1tl lx - tlno ldt,~ t Indian ~t h( lo l buildin g in thr- nat ion}

a long with the I l u,C; uenOl I lL s!Or ica l and ( ;10 -r e-s tcr Il fl llagt' ~( lti " l i t". a nd rhe New Eng b nd'\' i lel t , ~ s am! Stea m 'Iu ~,'um in Ea ~ t e!t'(' llwi ( h .\\' ,ll wi l " 's "Kit,t\ ha s undena kr-u H'~ rOlal io ll ofrhe J oh n watenna n Arnold H ouse ( I ROO): th t-Ri( hmoml and Cha rlccrown a ~~ofiaIlOlT~ ha veH'\f tllt 'd nne- ronm ~t h (lCl lhou~e~ : th l' G lo(t"> ler~t l( il' ly m ad e a 'lun'y of Cht'IMth t'l \ ' illage andacqu ired th e .Io h Alm,trollg ~ role for headqllaTl(, I ~ . Org'llI i"uioll 0 1 th e I.eag m· 01 Rhodelela nd H ivturir- a l So(ieli(' ~ in ElliS ha s fill ed "~ talew ](k need 101 r-orudm.uinn .

l u thc 1 970~ hi vrorn a l s(lC i(' lil'~ han' form ed IIIButrjllville. Xonh xnuthfield. Smith fu-Id a ndCoven trv . The Sm ith fie ld stlt'it' ly ha s It'crnrhac qui n-d lb e old Sm n h- Appk-bv house fur revtor a11011 ,

Liuh- ha-, lx-r-u ~ai t! o f t lu- 11I.m y in dividual-,who han ' ,C; ua rdt,tl tlw ir o wn hi ,lO ric propeni e~ (J]

ha\'e unden,"rilt eTl pres('Ival io ll proj et'! s, Amongrht·, e, John ;"\i(hola~ Bro wn has quil'tl y J('''' Llt'd it

lIumlx'r 01 di srin gui "lwd Rhodt' Island IJIlildin,C; ~ "

John 0 , Roc kefell er . Jr., from 1%" lO I% R. made\I po ssi hk to res1011' lhe Fit Sl Bap l i ~ 1 "et'l in glI ou st, in P lOvidell rt' rhe lT in llt,, 'd o f major SHIlllu ral repair~ , J\kmlxT' of lh e Fil"l I Tni la l'ia nChurrh a nd olhn (" ill /ell' of l~nl\'id"IH t' ralliet! 10l e~IOH' J o h n Ho ld ell (;leellt' 's firw IRl 6 COlIg rt"ga tio na l !\feeting H(llI~(' a flt'r Its d i sa ~u-ou ~ 19fi7fin', L illk C..o mproll citizen s n "' t'lul y ~is('dS ISO,OOO ro r e~IOle lh e ir had ly d erel iOJ'al ed CongTt'g.ttional ;\k,:tmg Ho m t'.

Such proj e(t s haye largely r('"u lled from p ri vatt 'su p port a nd enter p rise. Bd o n' 1968 legi sla rio lles la hli"hed a ~ la le hi ~tnrical prt's('lvati o n , o m m is-

" It III, 1111 lor ma l ,nt'r;11 1 IIHlgraml',i "lt>d fill thePIII!l'H IOll 11111111 ' ol l lll' I ii tw "l cu ltura l inherit a n(1'" ill the l"lI11tT~ , Rh' lI!t, leland hav ne-v e-r had;I "l<ll('-f ina lll l'd hi "lorical <lKI'IU r 01 m useum . or;1 vtate- h<l"I'(! a rdwologil<ll 01 la nd m.uk-, p rogra m,e mil tt'(t>IlI I\ ,la ic' ..upp or ted pres erva tion a ndrd al Nt ,Unvitie I o n ..i..u·d c h ieflv III dl' " i~n;lIin~

a nd mar kmg hi crorical ,i ll"" or p ublishi ng colonial reenrdv a nd re-lated documems. al though inrhr- (;11,' 19:!O.. and ('arl y 1930.. the direr m r of rheno'A c1dtllll I SI,Ut· Bur ea u nf lnfon nanon . in rheIOlh«' uf the 0;('1 (('I;tT\ 0 1 ..tare. p u blished severalv holarlv true 1.. . I~

Fill ih (('f(I 'Ill,'IMn in 1936. however . the ..1<l U'

.l"IIIIlt'! ;1 k;uknhip rule. The TercenteuarvCOillmi ....ion. 1T1";Ilt"d in 1935 wu h members appoinn-d hv ( ;o \t' rnur Tbeod or e Fra m- iv C,rffn f'.lII ..talh-d mar ke-rv a ili ng; major strea m.. a nd manvhi vtOlil to,"Is: ivcued a p icto rial a nd h ivronca lmap: Irnam ed enn..nuer iou hv Brown l 'ni\ (,1"il \crudent v 01 '0( all' 1I1I1I11'1\ I)f ..ix colo n ia l b uild ing...:

dud amllll!': i l.. promouona l lueranu e pu bl i..hedIWO Rood ho ok k t.. fO I g('nt"fa l d i..mbuuon.t

TI ll' t'l llll llli" in ll '" p ubhv hed rq>or! inc luded ab ih llOg;raph\ III u-reenten.u v-in spired pubhrauon..and '1'1)1 1111 ' wu h a n ('X(t·Ilt-1I1 account of relat eda( ll n lit ·... ;IIJII lIIg Ih em publ ical ion of a Ila nd book flf IIn /(J ru'al ,\ , /(',. '" Hhod(' I.l1and bllh('I'H)\id t'Il I( ' Dt'IMlllJIl'1l1 o f Puhlic S<·hl)ol~ a lld. o fp all II tI!al II11P 0I!;II1((' . marJ",ill ~ of huilding-s andh i..lor il ..i tt'" IIlJd( 'llak f'1l h\' \'ariou s Cill a nd lownt tllllmillc·t·... hlll llllill~,,'r s wl'rl' plan't! in Bri "l ol ,10I1\'-li\(, i ll Ea sl (;ltTllh'i,h , forty -eight in;\li ddlclO \\lI . and lWt'lIl y"om' ill Tiverton . TheDAR cn rn ll lit'd a (l lIll lll t·IIt'IISi\ ,t, calalog; of lhein'o(ripl iOl\ s.4ll

Ttlt' Di vi sioll of "uhlic Building.. ha s beellIt 'Sl xlII ..ibl e Inr rnainlenaTUt· 01 'ila le-o w ned his!Orical ..lIIlCltHt·... 1Il1l..1 01 whidl , like IhC' Ihi slol

and. utll il 1('1('lIll y, lht· " 1'111 COUIHY court h0l1 "1' '' ,al t' ..l ill ill a t l in ' lI ..I' , I'ro\'idl'lltt" s (o lo n ia l (Ollrlh l)u ..1' ( 171i.'i ) k1111\\1\ a s li lt' Old SI;I1(' 11011 \t' \I'rwd a ..OIIt' 0 1 sl' \t' I;l 1 t!u'(' l i ll,g plal('" fo r lh l' (;, 'II('r;l1.-\..sc'm h l\ IIlll i ll~)(I, h Olll lhl'1l uIllil1974 Ih C' huildin !i': h"!Iwtl rllt' Sixl h Di sniu COllr l. Th,' pre<;{'nl

,' Ia lt' Ilo ll \t ' . d l'''lgllt'd tn ;\1, Kim . ;\!t'ad a mi W hi tt·i ll IX91 a ndll lM'IlI't! in 19tH) . ha .. .rlwav-, ber-n 011

p uhli t tli,p(;" , horh 101 ;11 1hiu-ct uru l quall\ \ a nd lort"xh illilllJl\ o l iIllIMIII;II11 ..r.m - diM u uu-ut , a nd aru bth. ,\ t ;lpi lol T!,.. lll lalion p IOjt't l " Tln w 111 p ro .c:It''', T Ill' nnlv ,1;W'-o\\ lwd h ll ildlllg, 1I0 W 11..,'(1 asm U-'(' III11 , <IIC ' ItIC' ( JltI CololI \ 110 11\1' in ~f'\\'IMIII andIhe SlI ' Il11l' 11 Hopki n-, 1IIIu ..(· III l' r(I\ 'id e lll 1'. Thr ee1,ld ,11\1'11 01 1.. 1111 t IMI ll 'II'(l lllil ili ,1 ' 1IIllIll aru!, :"\t'WpOIl .\ I1i lk l\ a l lllOI\ ( 1/'-101. ,lI '>(' IJ;ll o f Prov itl(,1It t ' ),(;11 IIII' CollI p" ,\ TlI!1( ' 1\' ( IM.19~. andthe ,UIllOI\0 1 1111:' Kt·lll i..h ( ; u.tll h ill E.I' 1C n 'I'IlWI( h ( HH Ol a re tllllier lilt' ,ul,Ul;i1ll ,~" I lt' r; l r .. jun-di, 11011 .

So nlt' HI rfu- fir ..l 'IlI'l'ifil 1)1 1''01:'1\ ;.111011 p lanningundenaken I" tlu- slalt'IMf(n!t"'l1 in the e.ulv1950.., when ( ; 11\ 1' 1111>1 DC: IlIll .. j. Ro!wJ!" imriareda ..l;ll( 'wllk deve-lopme-nt vtudv . l Tnd(' r direeuonof the n-r reatiou hllI/';1II 0 1 lh(' 111:'\\ 1\ org-alli/t'l.!Development (',OU IH rl . now t he T o u ri vt P ro m o

l io n D I\ i..ion. D" Il;l l lnw n l of Fr onomn Devel o pmeut . ;1 t i l l/ ('n ·.. hl'ri laRI' ounnu 111'10' wa .. formedIn 19."11 10 111 \1'11101\ ,I1Id map Iht' ..t;II("' .. h l~tor lC

"IU'" a nd hllilcl lllg,. I"hl\ illH'lll u l\ wa .. uc-d I"Ih(' De-partme nt of P ubhc Wm h . the-n d-velopiucthr- ..ran-... II'Ikl al h 'l\,i..red hi ~hwa\ p rogra m .The ,~I )\ (' r n( lI al 'o( l It'l( lIIl l1l('nt!, 't! ll l1l1l,ll illll 0 1 a

..ta u- Io undac mn 10 p roln I an d <.lp ila li/f' o n 0111hi' ll uila l ;llId arch ill '(lllralllt'lila g:t'. fo r whichIhl' 111'1i l<t!i':t· Ollllln itll'( ' 1"('I I;Ut'l1 kg;i ..la ll oll!ll()(!e lc"'l! 011 tl Ml 0 1 IIII' :\l a " ;11 h u,eth Trll ..ItT~ 01Rn(·I\';uiolh . l'a"I'I1 in 1 ~J.",Il , i l t ·.. la h li ..llt'd Ih eIl t'li la gt' F!llIlItblillll I,f RhtM!t· 1..land Wilh IMIW('I10 at q ui lt, liy g il l IJI pili. h a,t' hi ..ltllll htlilding ..and ohj", I .. and III ' Up pllll v;Jl io u, o lh t'f plt'sen ;l lion atli\'ili t'~ . Althoug:b "1;Jlt'-' IM lIh tlf('d, lht,foundalion i, pl i\a1t·. alld while il 11;1 , l('I(, iv('(1

st'\ ('lal irnpolt;1II1 1IIIIIM'IlIl '" Indlldill g lh e L yon1'..I;llI ' ill HI i"llll, LillI! 011 Prudt'lHt' "Iaml. andIlallllah Rohil1\OIl '" 11M J", ill :"J;llra gall '>('u , ha ,1)\'('11 IllrniMrali vt'l y in ;u li n ' .

R" ", MlIl..ihk feu It'U li ''l l)f Ollll 'llllll plll,g ram s,Ih l' Ikp,1I11lll'11 101 b onom i( Dn t'i oplIl t'nl ;llId 11\pTt'd t,((,,,or han' "l w;l\ .. l'm p hasi lt' d l lll' "law'..h i"II)11t lq~;lt y. In 1 ~61 ; Itl(' a gel 11\ ' In ili al t'd a nallllua l llel lla g(' ;\11,n lh prng-ram n 'nlrrt 'd ;Ho tln d

:\la,lIh. Rh"dl ' " Iallt!\ Illd l'l )('nlk nH' Ih,-,....·h i. h h.r-, bee-n not onlv lilt I{'a,i llgh 'IIC 1 ecsfu l billal"l h;" vp.nke-d Imlll,llion of;t number 0 1loca l prt''>j'I\,ltitlll Ill g,l llt /;tl llllI'. · I"Wfl fil m.. 1t'(I '1lIlvpr oduce-d hv flu- <ll ·IMIIIII1"111 . " The RIJ()(lt, Ivla nd~1;llc' Capitol " and " 11I'ltl ll( 110l1"'~ in Rhodelvla ud." dt ·'>j nlM' '01111' 01 lilt' 'Ialt" ~ ourvtandi nghlllllllllg, .

lilt" fi"l 11It''''I\ ,nioll k g i, I;lIio tl [)(·I ~' . tht,t' lIa h li ng ;III Itil hi , tollC ,IIC',I IOll in !!: elMtlt'tl ill19:',9.....-;1' P101Mht'(l III lilt' Collt"gt' If i ll repor t. II,

1101 ,,,,g!' pC'llIlill t'(! Rhlldt' "Iallli dlic" a ud town-,10 dC'H'lop their o wn prOl tTliH' It·!!:I,;lalion ....... nuh h:ing'lowlI a nd :\ollh Kin!!: 'lllwn immedi al t''' IM'.,.'(! 11I ..lfllll pl n le-c lion nrdm;lnrt''; anddt ,IIII(',lIn! hi'IOfl( <11'"11" in IIlt'ir \illa!!:t's ofKlI1 g,101l alld \ric klord . r('';11t'< nv elv. Providence,lIId :\t'WpOIl fo ll" ....·l'd 'uil in 19t1O and 1961. Thernahling ,I( I dt"lgll<lll,(! lilt, local building in ~ I )('I I OI ;1 ' t'nfort ill g oflll'" ,1I11! 'Il('(iflt't..! thata p pea l-, from hl'lori/" dl'IIU I co m mi vcion de-ci,,1011'> be taken !It-(ort'' Ih t' toning board of reviewand the-n III Ilw cra n- , 1I11I ,'nlt' roun . The Pro vi dc·nlt· mdl1l;III1 C' ill( luded IWO building li ..l.. - afi r,I 'pr llllll\ li ..1 lim ilt't!lo hUlld ing..ol clut'la ndin!{,i!{n ific ;1I1(t'. and;l ...·co nd Ii~l winch in rl ud e-d rht'man\' '1IlKl\IU" lIn pOll ,II1 1 ,I' pa ll o ( Ihe art'a '~

arthilt·clUralf;lbri.. :\t'WJlOfl' ~ nrtlinann' ca ll1'lilOI an ;u m ·nd Ull' nI In lilt' ('nahling all Iha l 011·lowt'd PIOlt'( lion fur i,obu'd hll i ld i ng~ of h i..lori.IIwl il . P II)\'ldt' lIl t· <l nd ...·n·ra l IlIht' r c()mm ll n i t i t' ~

h;I\'t' ,inc c' dnt'llllll 'd Itll'i r clwn "11I'.- ia Il e!{i ~Ia l ion 10a llow prlllt·( llOIl ffH ind i\idual " llt'~ a nd hllilding s,(',nnHni~, ioll" in t',I{1i o f Iht,<;(· fo u r {-i li e ~ a nd low rhh;I\ 't' IIt·t·1I t an ying {llil IIlt' ir H' ''l lon ..ib il il ie.. ~ i lln'

;lPIMlin tmenl .11

'1'....'0 a PIM'a!.. 10 dale ha n ' b('(,11 lak en In lo n inghCla ld .. l llll ·I Jf whic II ;11'II IlHI''t'd III rOIIII. Tht'dt'ci ·,lO ll of lhl ' Smuh Kin"': ' I flwll rnnllni~ ..ion rejenin!{Ill(' Ik..ign of a m'w pal i,h hou ,, ' fo r Kin g'slOn \COllgu'ga lio n,l! C hilI( h ( 1/i:.!()1 wa~ I{'wnt'(! by lh elUlling Ima u l; Iht· (Olll i ll pl lt'l d Ihe ho ard a nd llU', umIUH' W;l' IltIi ir ;1' tk,igllt'd . In Pro \·iden( t' , Ih t'lOIll Ug hn;lId upheld lht· (ommi~"l(lII '~ dtoci..ioll lOdt' Jl\ Ih .. R hodf' h land,'oic11I )()] of l1t'sig n pt' rmi~sion

ro dcmoli ..h tilt' Il'lIi;l ,\tll ~h a ll \\'IMIt£.. hou,erle~ign ·

I'd In R u hal d I ' p jt,h ll . RI~ I> <l l d not r-arr v ther-a ..e10 ruun a nd ha, ' lilt I' rt" l(ll('t! thr- vmmun- fm I J f~

Iice-, am! a vtude-ut {c·nll ·" In rlu- pavt n-n vr-arv. Ea~1Gft>t"IlWil h . :"Im ilh fid d , Cranvron . Wa rwicl.: a nd11(1111.:111 1011 ha H' aplM lilllc'(l hivrorir- di ..n ir r vrudvt nmmi ....ion... a nd I' JUI mnn- commu nine ha vt' ell ';u 11'11 hi'lHri, Il lnl UI-!: clldilM llC (" - Cranvmn. XonhSmuhfield, Smithfie-ld and \\' ,lI wil 1.: , xonh Smnhfie-ld ha, now C"l;lhli"wd t 'lIIon \ 'illagf' a, a lega lhi ,,,,,,, dicu u r,

;\g-;UII o n Iht' ,1;lIt· 1(,\1'1 , arqur cmon nf land-,f()l Il<Irl.:, and It'Ctl';llilJ11 , "1I1lt' of which 11lI11Idl:"dhuildlllK' c.1 ' l In (l( hi,IOti{ ,ig-nifi.-ancl' , was aoelerau-d in I!kll In Ill(' (;UTll ;\(1(";\1'1 admirnsteredtl" lilt' Dq);lIllllt 'l1I ol Natural Re<,() (JfCC"<' . Several ufrhe- prollt·tll t" ,U(jl llH'(1 an- of "r>ll 'Cia l hivtoririnlt'rt"ll .tz

Tht" 1i"1 j(Tt"t'U ;11 n- pure ha-e . Coh Siale Pa rkin Bri~101 ;1('1u irt't! in 19ti5 . illCludt'<, vanou-,building, " ....·IIt't1(II n lll ' " lll lt't.! h\ Ill(' ColtFanulv . () rlt", the t"i.~hlt·f'llIh.{t'ntlH\ CcIK~t',hall

Iar rn , ha-, ht'1'n lrall\lc'"t'rl h\ lon g -term least' 10('..o!!:gt·,hall Farm :\ItN'um, lm. lor deve lopmenta v a wIIIl.: inK Iatm a nd lIl11<;('UI1l .

O;lnll' Farm ill J o h n" oll was I'<lft of lite Krt"enacre', ;lC(JI""lioll o f Sna l.:,' Ik n P'Il I.: ill 1969 , Tht·R hod t· h lallt! lI i, ln ril al Fal m . Inr. . lo n n t'd in197 1 10 ,;1\(' , l'> a IIlU,, '\Il11 Ihi ~ ea rh ni llt'lel'm b ·n' llHlry LUIil (olllp ll'x . 11a' 11I·I 'Uadt 't..! Ihe O('pall 'I!lC'n! o f :\a lura l R(' '>j)llf('t', In indudt, ptt''>('r\, alln l1of lilt· (;11 111 ill fUHltl' Jl I;H1~ lor Sn ;Jl.:e n " l1 Park .

FOil Ad;mh in l'\t' wpon , (lilt· o f Ihl' o lllsla nd ingcna"la l fOl lific,u iOlh in AITH·r ica . tran ..ftTrt ,t1 bytht, f('dt'ral ,i.:1l \(' rnnW Ill In Iht· ~ I;ll(' ill 1964 . I..flOW hl'iu g dn'dopl'd ;l'> a pa l k a mI hi .,lor ic !IlOll11l1lt'll l. FOil Wt'lht'll,11 in J allll'..lllwll a nd FOilV,unlllll in Nana!{a l1~I' 1l WI'I(' Ila n,fennl 10 Ih l'~ I a ((' ill 1970 a nd 19 71. f(·"lx'( l in· ly . All lh t,\(, Pill '1 )('lll l' ~ aI(' ad m ini"ll' ITd hy Ihl' Ilt'pa l l ~ enr o fN;ll ll ra ] Rt'MJlIHC·' .

:'\;u io lla lly , l!1tilj wi ll hc' !t'ITH'm!>t'It'd a .. <l la nd malk \'I'al in lilt' {;nl'l' of hi , lo ri .- p rl''>t' I\ ·ation.Pu blic ll io ll 01 I" l th Iln l /a,l!, f" So R IC h . a repoll ofa sp..c ia l CC lllllIll Ut't·. .-\ lIll·1I R;lin .., t ha ir ma n. wilh

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A , 1''' ftn " " " " , a .~"d""." "I " null,a! lKtal{onald"'\' ll'" " 1"" ( "I a ''' ' fm l( duf,ul m Cawlma " t lla,,"rU Ol!. ' u ;rd h,· th " .\"a/m"a l H" S: I' t,.. nf lI" foff, Pla"'.I,

a fo reword I" :\11 " Lvndon R, j ohn-on - prepa red under the- ;W'l lIll" of li lt" I tnned StatesCOllh'II 'Il11' of :\Ia\lll " willi a g-rall l from the FordFoundation - '>t' l IIH' ' t;Ig-1' fill the Xauona l H ivrorir I'H ·..ervar ion At I and inau.gural,'d a broadft'derally vu ppotn'd pll" "l\'<I lion Ill o g ra m .f\

'Thj -, It'gh l,nioll e-tablivhe-d a departme nt o fh i~lll l Y ami all ht'olog-y and an ;uh'i 'oIY r ouncilon hi cuuir- I)Jt"t'l\'a l io n lT1 the- :"a lional Pat k xervie t-. ' 1"1ll' " '{It' ta l): 01 rhr- iu u-rio r wav ;tlll hlni/l'dto mairua in a mi expa nd Ih t· Na tio na l Regi ster o fI l i, t{ll il' Pl an " illil ial ('(l b y II\{' 1935 ,lI l; gn n t fund s10 Iht· slalt·, fOl p H'pa l ing co mjl,,'!l{'n., in· su rv{'ysalld '1;11" plt''''I\',u ioll pl an s; ami !!: in' mau hiTlgg-ranl s-in a id for rl' \l o Tation o f \ i1l's a nd SrTlH lUle\lj,tt'(i 011 lilt' :"'a llollal Rt'gi s,,'r . StT lion l06 0 f lheat l't'l up rn it,w jill 11t '(lu Tt's for all fed el all y fu nded pm gla m., aHt'(I HI.g pr"pt'T1le ' 011 Ihe register.

Olhl"! «-tk ra l kg-i sLllioll ha' a l\{) eSTablishedd(t·(tiw· flit·! hani'm' (Of ploleoing tht' na tio n ' :,>

rulnualu-..olll(t·, . Of tht·" " ti lt' :"al inn al Environmcur .rl Polil \ All ill 1969 plmidt'd IorPTflt('(l lllll and enbano-nwm (Jl l tll' t' lI\' ITOll lIlt' III,1fI{ ludill.~ hi , toli{ ptIJp" T1i,'\ ,u Tht' P It"I(it'm \t'XI'IUli,,' O[(\lot of :'ootl\ I ~ , 1!li l vrared that rhe It'(lna lg:O\ !'Tlllll" 1l1 ", h;111 I" '" i ii,· 1,,;td l' l , hi p III pt e..n\ing:,U'..IOlill g- and lIMlll lOlilllllg: Ih,' h" toIK0I1 .lTld cul ru ral 1'lI\i ulll lIWnl Illllw 1Ii111 11l1." All federal a g-t' IIcie-, W{' II' rhu-, ' IM'!l l llil lh d iu xred ro .... teen Iheil0"11 pl (J~ram, fill ;lIh l'l "'" dft'( 1011 hi , torit alhimpon.nu pTlJIM·lli,·c. ;lIul " In admini-aer vnr h p ropertu- in lilt' vp irit " I ' 11'waHh ln p a nd lIu"lt'(,..hipfOI Iut ure KI' I1!'J' lI io n, ." PI Olt'( I ion o f t he- ma n- mad,'envi ron ment W;I" Ih t'J('hy made it lIal lollal revpon..ibili tv. :\hu h o f tbr- r red it for rh i , t"IMJ(h- ma ki nale/l:i ,lal ioll wa .. d ue III vea r-, o f t'{foll O il rbe pan ofn1;llIYdt'(h lilU'd mdividualv '" we-H ii' t lu- Xa uonalT IU.. I lot IIi , tOlu 1'''·'''''I\ ;lIioll .

Wil h !ld' \illo:(' III I!ltiX 01 II'/l: i..lanou t:" la bli,h ingRho<k lvland "v 1I1\ lIIr ilill Pt t"' t'nalinn Cnmm iv\ 10 11 rl lt' ""Ill ' '1u;d ifi,'(1 In Iilkt" lUll III the ne- wfederal PHJ~T;IIII . Sino ' mur h of Ih,' r omm ivcinn 'v

mandated wOlk I" ('....r-nuall v I'u·\t"T\·a lion plan

nmg , il i , fillin g: that Iht' g n U'I IIOI t1t'signatt'd thedil t'rlol '0 1 the l k p;UlIIll'1II nl Com muuitv A(lilil ' .re-sponvibh- {Ol 101-al "Ltnnill~ a n ti nt h!"1 ac rivit ie-c. a .. hi \lUri{ PIt '\( 'I \ <Ilioll offi{('1 III \l'l\ e illn - qu in-d ha icou " lluei" l){'tWI" '1I th t' , Ia ll' and:'\';llioIMI I' dl k SCl\ i,,' . T h e Stan-wide PlanningP lo g la m wav a "" din'( It'd III \I lpplY' admim .\ lIa tin ' a"i't;llItt,.H

Rt'spo n 'i hil u It' , 01 1111' 11t' · rrunm i" ion im lud emakjn~ a stU\'t·Y' of t lu- 'lalt· I ulunal . atr heo-10/l:1(';{1. h j,tOli(';il. and an h i1('(lIn" I heritage;\ubrnill ln~ nomiuanon-, 1111 Ih t' Nauoua l Rt'.~ i ~ t t' l

and ,\ 'ui n,g lip <I vtare- 1t',gi\lt' l ; m ark in g- h istoric\ ilt 's a nd hUlld in g- \ ; admin ivtering ti lt' Nationa lPalk St·n'ire',. ~ I a lll , i ll - a itl pl og Jam ; a nd develnpin g- lh l' It'qlli lnl ,ra lt ' PIl'\I; 'I \ al ion p la n , Ill\' f i l\tl·d ili on o f w hi t h \1,'01' a p plfJVl·d hy thl' Pa rk Sf'J ,"itT in 1971J . It i, c'llrH 'n lly' Ix' in g Ulxbtt't!<!(t'old ing- In fl'(kral It'q uifl'nl('nh. l ~

The nJm llli"ifJll , n o w in ih '\('\'t'nth yl"ar , ISbet'oflli ng: a n innl'a~illgl~' im lJo n a ll1 prl"",",'T\'illionfor n ' , Sla rri ng: wilh a mini ma l hlld~el and 110

' 1,IIf, h\ l~n5 111I' ro mmivvion had ,I staff of fourn-eu. II i-, wrsrK in~ dO\t'h wirh 'l<t l" i1~(, 1lf it'" a nddep.uunem-, with all (omlllu ni l' and rown oH icial-, and wnh private fIl~,lIli/;II If)II" 0 1U' of II'>

p'lln;lI\ ohjITli't", hav be-e-n IfI vurve-v , ;I'\t"'. amif("fllltl infonuarion needed fOI uu or poranon intoI'Jl;11 and ,Ialt' plane. The 'Iaff prepare-, individua l(i" and town report -c cubmi ... rhem w ith m a p s a nd,bl;1 , Iw('''' 10 local ~O\l'IIlIll~ IJl"h,',; recom me-ndI f 1( a II Jl t'~ 'n al ion pnl!l: ra m, ; d c', ig ll,ltt" p rOI)('r l ll"III 1)(' t'111C'1("l1 o n rhe S a li o n a J Rc·/.: i ,It'r a nd vu b m usthem a' <I romponen t flf lilt' ( o m pi ll n i,,·t! t'1I\'i TOIlIIIt'III,t! Ill\t 'ntOl\ maim.um-d hy liw Sta n-wideI'tanllln g Prog ram . ' rh t' ~, ('flmUl llnlt \ ' UI\'t'\ reporr, ar e aht'a d y bq~lIllllllg 10 Iorm a vratr-wirhrWI WOI K0 1local plan ' for hi,TOli( pn-crrvatiou. TheIql< 1I1 for \\' arn'll ha s hlTlI the- uupr-ru-, for developnu-ru 01 ,. mavn-r plan fOI Ih ;1l town a ' i tv Biremt'llll i;II 'Jl ojt 'l l. The \\'OOI1'>OIKI'1 ' lII\t'Y, rh r- fi na l"-P0I r for wh ir h is now ill d ra ft lOTIll, hav been made

;11I 11I [( ' 1.:101 1 pa n o f a majo r ui han rcuewa l pl Ojffl inth;lI 1 uv , The ' IU,e\ rq)OII'> have 1>1't'1I vital in

( ha ll~illg perrepri c n-, o f lilt' value oj pu'\t"J\ 'a lioll toI I IIllITl 11 11I1\' l ile a nd ha\ e- be-e-n mvn umema l m he lpIn~ ""f Ult' fund, fo t le,toralio!l dlll ll ...

FoUl 1t-IJlll" han ' bt"11 pllbl i..lwd 10 datt>, "nnw..1X1t>t·n .lft' In prq.';lfatlon . aud all , !Iould Lt.. ('um

pklt'tl III tht' 1970... For lilt' :'\ a ll nlla l Reg:I"' cr 0111t' lOl il .. Ial t>\ . b\ 1975 Ih .. IO lllm l", io n had pr t>I>;w"fl 15R indh idua l a n d '7 d i'lri( I nom in at ion"I;III/.:ing in dal.. fro m Ihl ' ,,'n'n lt't,nt h 10 Iw ent it-lh('('Illu rll". a lllOIlg: th("m a n .. i.'th u 't'lIIh ·( enlllly' tow npOIlIl<1 , an ol d ('('m ell" y- . a li ght!lou \t', a windm ill ,

(' i~h l t·t" lIt h- and nint'l t't'luh ,ct>n ttIl Y mi ll,. pml' Il,HI alld m ill \ illag:('s , , ea lx ll l town" pa,Ks ,~ i l tll"fl· a/.:t· m,III 'lon", a nd mClfh-Tn 1IIIllm('r(,ialbuilding , .

Sinn' 1971 th e I'ommission ha' adrnini S1ered lht'II"t1nal filt \" percent matchin g ~r; lII l · i ll -a id pro·gr;1I1l 101 Ic ..torali on o f hu ildlllg , alld ,i les on Ih(':":alional Reg-i"I('l. During Ihi \ fi\'( ·-,('al p('rind" ·\'(·llIy·one gra m\. lota lm g jU'1 o \'e r S9fM),OOO ,han' !>t'cn awa rded lo r a( qu isili on . for eXle rior.1IId imt'r iol rn lOralion , a n d lot Tewal(h a n d si lealfhl"flln~, . P w petl ies It'(t>i ,i n~ ~ldnh han' been

owned 1)\ ' he state. b, lIl un itip,llil lf" . In re hgi ou-,a nd e-dm ariona l in"li lutinll'. hivrorira l "Kiet it'\,1I1l1l ·profi t orgauuauon-, a nd pr i\,II(' individualv.

The rommisvion ha, deve lo ped an innova tivep lOn ..:h u (' th ro ugh i ts admini-uanon of acquivirio n and development gTallh from the XnnonalPalK Sen 'lce . WorKmg- c11l\t." wi th Ih(' I' ilI K Ser-\ il(' and the ..tat.. \ Budgcr O ff il e and .... ratewidePlanning Pr og ram . the r omm icvion 11a' been ableIn hd p a privar.. irl\T\I OI ll\t· Ih ., aram -in-aidl)Jo g r;lI l1 10 acqu i re a nd le'IOI(';l1I nnpou.uu h i..·uu it houst> (or hi , own rt' , id t'lItt' , The ea rlv-rom id -e-iglueemh -o-nturv I..r.u-l AIII III<I hou se i llLiuroln wa s III extrerrn-lv dilapidated roudi uonw lH'II il was purr hav-d wi iii tlt'lp 01 a g ram- in-aidfCll ar qui vuion and restme-d under do...· vur verllaurt- wnh a pauial ,~ ra ll l (01 dcvr-Ioprru-m .

III adduion ro iI ' mandated pT lIgra rn , thr- ( 0111 nuv- ion IlH'pa u 's Ied r-r al pU '\l 'I \al il lll informationfOI '[;111' a gf'Il(lI" SLll h as lIlt' Co;"ta l Re, oLJln",Ma na gn nt"1lI Loum -il a n d rh e Ikpalllllt'n .... o fT "U hl Jllll Ol l io n a nd Xauual Rt' ''IU!( t''> , a, well a,lor IIHllli l ip.l l p la n n ing- a ml ll'l!r ·\ t'!oprnelll aeenrir , when road b ui lding. U'WI\Uil , p,IIK acquiSilifJ lI a nd ulhan rt'l!t'wa l p roj('(" a ll' iniliall'd.Rt'U'lIIly lilt' (ommis\lllll tompleled a "Ul\ey re1'''" IIf :":,1\' ,urpl u" lamh a nd. mult'l (Olll ranwll h th,' Sew En .~land 1'(n "('1 (;Olll p<l I1\ , th..h"IOll(a l-a r(h("ologlca l-aH hi ll'( lural lepnll r('

(j uilt 'tl ;1' !Mll of Ih t> t'1l\'ironnwllta l im p<tn \ H1d , 'for liw p rol" I\("(1 Iludt".l t IJl)we l pl alll III( :har1", ll lw n .

BUlh Ihe IkpallllwnI or ;\;alU ra l R t'''IUHt'~ andth t, Imnmission in iTia lt'd n 'sl'anh 11('(n"lry forrt'slorollion of Fon Adam s. A, ,. u" lIlt o f thret'II ,\ BS plograms, with matI hing ('o,t, Ulltit'T

w lilll'n by IIll' Dl'panlllt'lll of :"Jallllal Rf'VlUlff'S.1II1',.,urt'd drawill~s 01 th e (011 han' I)( ,t'n co m·

IJIt'lt"ll. ThwIlgh Ih e Kla ll l- i ll-a id !lrogTamall hi" al and all h f'ol og iral ""111 K ha ' IK~lI11 andan (''' !Jl'lI 011 l'oo "lal 10Il ifi(',u in ll' h a ' 1)('('11 ell.'t<iJ,:t'tl a , tl'( h n ica l (O n"ll h a lll , PUJlt'tIIll t', for Ih t>rnll '" Rrad ua l re\IOralioll a nd il'> dt' \dop mt' llt asa ll a"('1 o f Il<l ti onal impolla llu' IMH' bt't'n OU Ilirlt'd . In 197 4 Ih e com mi""oll \t"l llled a ' !we ia l

27 PR. ~f.R \ H ill '

S2tlO,ono ~ ra nl' lII-;HII IIJ IX'I{ ill needed "u lIfl ura lr<'l)all ~ . 1 7

l .q,~ i ~I 'll i o ll in 1!l7-1 !"na" II' ~ th e rom n uvvion Inplan ;l vui rablv I OIl1I)ft"ht'll~ ivI ' program- Anamendment to I til" com m i..viou's 1968 ; 1( t . unpk-.mt'll till!o: IIIl" Sia ll' Re~i sll' r of Historir I'tal!"".provide- p l lll t"(t ion a ~aill "l ('IlUOa( h llWIlI from..la ir ,1IHI m un icipall v funded p rojecr-; A 'io('C IIOna lso diH"( I" the commission to ..urn', and inven.tor v a ll building v. ..i l!"\, a nd ani far r-, ill ~talt'

r uvrodv w hir h po ..~t·"" h i..tcrir- ..igrufnam e- a nd til

rer om meud and III review pIOpO..rd I ha n,c:t·... TIlt'AlIl iqu illt, ~ An of IY7·1 t-nahk-s th e ~ t a lt' to deve lo p a broad prog ram of identifica tion .pn-e-rvauon. prot ect ion . and di spovinon of a n-heo lol{lC'a l resourrev. borh o n 1;11111 and underwate-r .«

Earl v in 1975 the rommi .... inn moved i ... head quaner -, 10 ..hate ..... ith Ih t· ~ ta t t"~ Bicemennia tComnnvcion the Old Statl' J 1 1II1 ~(' in PI O\ iut' lln 'providing a ..uuabk- uve- £01 th a i h isuu ir bu ildin g .Revtonuiou of thr - Old Stare House wi ll Ix- under tak en jo imlv b\ the- two cnmm i....ion v a.. a hirt-n 1(,1lI11,11 JllOjt'l l.

Rhollt- leland ha .. a lon g rradi rio n o f hi ..toricpre-erva rin n and a Ill Tl~ Iq:::<t(,~, o f properne-,.....·m lh p lt"'>("f\inji;. From 111l' I H22 elton-, In 1('..1011'

T o iu o S~tla~f)~u(, III tht- mO~ 1 recent atti\'ilit,s (IfIll(' Hi suuir-a l l 'It ' ~t ' I \ 'al i ll ll Comm ission . Rhod eIsla nd ha-, be-en in tlu- fOIt"h o lll of pn-se-rvat innacnn li t·... Irn per u .. to preservation g: rnll !,~

rhroug hout th e crate 1)\, (OIn m " ..ion a, nv itv isre(Jt'( It'll in man v new o fg:an i/;ulOn .. a nd p ro~ram~ ..inn' 196R; III the n umbe-r of romm unitie..and o rea n vc ucns now appe afin g fOJ help in re"olin ji; IrKal landma rks: in f'sia h lish in ji; hi ~IOli t

wn inA a nd na uonu l regi vu-r h i..torir- di vni r rs: andin lh t' ill fH 'a sinA amount of pn-wrvarinn p lan n in g in cf udcd in vta te and m un ir ipal prnj('( h .Wilh ,hi'''!'' ne w or /(;\n ilal ions worki ng to!l:t'lht'r.....-irh olde-r hi ..torica l <;fx' ie l it"o a nd pr~T\'allOn

!i!: roll l", lh is \l ale, as pa t! o f tIlt" national ptORram, i.. nOl" capa h le o f d f'\ t"lopin!i!: a ndmain taining a (om pr(' ht"l l..in· program for p la nlII11 g hi ~lOr ic- !, ((' '' 'Il'a l io n ,

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29 Ca dl- j 'lu m l;l' ( :1"'1\("1« ' 1I" u ,, ' (( IllMn ) . ~ R il l SCollnl"'''' ~.); 1 (J ill y I ~ H IJ l;', -i7 . Ed wMd l Iuvband .dr<l ll,m:lll " II til" 1''' '1'' I. 1'111 I O~ ('IIl('r a nolh," ";il f"fttl h " 'l;Il yl i(d l ;I"olln l 'I i ll in m.. nu \(lipl .llham."bl1t1al\ .l',," ', d(')n ~ }'I1<...al jannatv 2. 19·1.1 .

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32 I · ,v., 'i'lll",.. , IlI / .a'I(~ . I , 3'1. 1"" 1 I . p. 2~.'> ; , 19.1"" 1 I . 1'1'. '"",-NiI't

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~7 R I.. P"hI" l.JIu·' I'Hq~fl. januar c \{'\'l"n 1%9.• h . UI. IO'H74

.'Ill 1I" " ..,d Wtlil . ""''' ''11 . lIall l.. " f Rhod~ hl.."d ( P ,m-" Irll'l" "I .,t'· Hln .., "llnlu.m.ui"n . 1'1'211 1: Rhoo..hl.."d a"d 0, .. ,\ /1'1,,1,,11"11<,,: ....me. 1932 ); 1\'/I, h "'l(-" ",'\ 1'1<11 ' '" Hh ,,,f.. I< lt",d (1" "' I<lr , ,, .. ' cam 19321.\h. 1'...,lun (l1'l'>!1 ·19.'1nl .. I.. , ... reed a' Rill " p, i,l ..nt19'_'O-I'r":li ..nd '>l·,,,·I.If\ ..1 11\ I"I\I~ 192i -19Yi ,

~9 John H ut , h lll \ e " h'. Hh od.. h/ll"d Ro u ,.,d.." .... (Pu u .Id"II,r: R I. T r" ..Ill('fWI\ C..mrmvoon. 1936,. lIu"'a.dW 1"('\ IflIl . HI"",.. 1, '",,,' .. " " ' ''''' RM " j{' " u " d(P r. >l id..", ..: R .I. ) '.-" ,.n l,.n .l r\ C"mm i'",m. 1931i1.

10 R ,I 1" " ('lll rll" rl C"m mi"i.. n. R hod.. I ,I",,,d T "r(" " /n'llry 16l6 ./ IJjf> 41' ,"' II"' n. ... 19'7 ). "In-cnpuonsC"plr-d hom \l;lIl, ~1 1I. ' IUIl' """< TIl Rhn tlt'· hla ntlIM6_ 19.1 ti.H " ,mI'. h,· \f " . IhTOn I ". I<. ic-h,utl \ . statehi' l"",,,, . I<.h..I,· hl.lIld .., ,, i" ll ' IlAR . 1918, I""''>l ,i l' l.1·161' .. 1<. 11" I.lh,," , .

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1.'> R .I" I' uhl" I ...u" 1'1,,; .,,1(. J '''l lI'H' '('~, i "n 19611.( h . 290 . :"'il:Jl)·2llli l .

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The Rhode Island Historical) Society

Om' II I.H/du d Fift y-f ourth A nnual ,\ I t't't i n,f!:

I h.. OIM" hundred lill, ·1"'lI lh annua l tnfTllll!i: _ In Ihl'h.J1lm..m 01 :\ Id l i. h lI " u..... 110 Ik-nnolt'nl 'in",!. P,,,, I',1" 11< .. un j anuarv 2:", 1971> - " 'a\ ralled 10 ,m ln ..1 ~:~O

pm h, pr e-ndent Iruncan H u nter \ laulan\Imull" .. nd 'f'I"'T! \ ..llho- 197:.. annual meeung " 'f'ff'

dpplt>H'd a-, p ruued rn Rhud"lJuHld ti n'",,· ~~ ! ( \ LJ\IQ7" 1

lrea vurer G eOlKf" II . Ciona repor ted Ih,u 1975 had ht't-na H',II of hOlh '1J{lllhl ani dl hieveme nrs a nd mlllor di.·appouumrn tv. T wu 1,.. 101 \ . rhe ,f'rlun od pun ha,i l1J{ ,,,,wt"r01 the- dolla r ,1IId d tk, 11Il t" in plrogl" lrom Ih,' annualh u'n lh hmd tlt i.'o'. n'\ul lO'l l in it ddi,il 01 a ppr oximate-lvS ~ ,n(M) , Oil the p, ,, ili. ,' , i,k, donors inne-,,,e-d hom .~2!l lo

1>07 . 0" the n'1ta l; \t· ,ide: . pledges d...- Iim'tl hom S28.:"00 10S27.600 The hiKh ,,, ,in l " ' lhe "I'dl W,I' Ihe: t<.... ipl 0 1SOlM),OIlO from rhe R,.. lrlr llrr BrOlhr t ' Futkl lur ..ud o wm. 'nt oj .-\ld ri. h lIou ...., The- S",if'1\ " 'a \ awarded a lmo\1S I ~O ,OOO in gr"nt, h um foundanons and KO\·... n mem "R"n-• 1"\ ," 197:" - a 11('"'" 1""Id ~ It i\ m,' "pini"II," \Ir .Cl . m" <0 11. lud...1 ", h" l a halan. ...1 blldl'tt"1 [", rh.. CUrrf'1ll\1'.. , i, a di\,irk I ,.,,,,llllel' ~

\ I.-m b.-rs \100<:! III , ill-nit· .... hrle Ih l' p lemit-nl read IhenarllM "I members ,, 'ho had d in! dun ne ,h.. "r...-("'(hng' ..al

l h.. unminanng rom nuu....·\ U"PC:.rt .... 01. ... 'lIhm illffi by II~

chairma n - II . C\J,hlnall AIll hnn)' - and '" clare ",preverued wa s dll l ~ f'k< lro .

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R,.,,.,,..-}, ( ( ; lII rl m g .\ tll'IIlIlI ): Deborah HII'n . "<llhr f; I1I'(;' >ll<l;old , jan", R"'t'tk "

R ,..'o rallo n 01 "h'....ts: \\'i lli am .-\1 hr..rn ...... r . Rd lp h1I.'a , h .

1.·' ·"" f1: j ..an B.'ltl" . flub,ua Brtdgford . R()"'~ ' rn an

Cumml'llf'. \ 11\ AII1"I" IId' I" . \ Ir ... , (;"'''1/:(' :-.;..I",m . \ 1".\ u'" .....arnall . \ It\ . t BtI.,k. \\'a ll .PhOIO~'dph 'f ' Cut Bnln . \\' ..n ..n J,u:lI:..r') he meeung " 'd'" 1"lJo..-n:t b, a I"',!!:' dm 01 R h" d",

"I.wel mu", pnlOlmf'rl on rh.. piano h, I h"md' C',a\('",( ; I .... n ..

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A1l11!1fll R epo rt of thr President

I w ilh UI w,'1< nnw vou he-re- In lh i, ;lIlrl",,1 nw,'tin .I{, ourf;I'1 10 hi' hell! in Aldrir h I{,,,,,f' . [)lJlin~ 1111' pa~l \,t';l1 till'Sou,·t\ 1);1',orllin", 'd 10 KIOW . W" now han' 1I1"rt' a'''''I',hnlh m;ttl'li,,1 and monrtar v. than Wf' have f'n'l had hdoll~ .

TIl\" 1':ih "I :\ Id lif h """,t'. g;tIlIt>1l\, «nd grounds. and theRoo: k..Ieller B,olhn, hHul 1':"I]("tOlI> endowrnem aliowiTlgu, to bTl' u. i, whrrc much "llhi, gruwlh 11;1, beentt·Iltt'H·d, TllI"t' ha".. "hn bo-n some major irnprovernem,al J"hn Bruwu llouv-. ,11111 "'111t' n'>tahl,' ;u·O""imh;{1 Ih,'Lrbrarv where we an- limning tHII 01 'I",n' ,

All lhi, d, ..., n'H rrmu- lrr-e. Wilh ea, h adrhuon t o rn,'gl ..au·1 "lJli1o\alion, ami rt"I,on,ib ili 'i .., 10 ""I ">I1II11UII;I\ .\"t' Ilt'f'd lOll! -uppon "OW more tha n n't" h..,·a u,t' , Hnlikrmall" gO\t'II1IlH"I1I;\1 P",)... 1\ , Wf' have no om' co hail 11'"II' iJ w,' ,Wrt 10 'Ill k f''''''pl olll 1"";11 and mn-resu-dmcrnberv and ,I "ff .-\ d..di,aled vtaf l hav been parncularlvVrodllllil-" "",I wilhoUI thrm "UI ar eompfivhmcnts lhi,\"';U would have be-en impo"ibl,"_ T h")- ,0tlllillllU-d muc h01 Ilwil own lim.. wi rh lillie I<'wald hu t sauvlar-rion lor aI,IIk " ...11 dOll<'.

DU;"I.:C:\I".: Il l : ;"I.:TFR ~IA I' RA.";

A nn ual R epo rt of the L ibrarian

Conumung our polin- 01 previous vears. the hbra rv staffha, "''''ghl 10 1II(II'a,,' th .. Illla lllil\ and qll~ lit\' o f oW"olk, ti011' while- pro\'idinll: h,' lll"r '>t'l'I'i,'t' 10 our patrouvAt nme rh.., .. Ildw w't'mro mutually t'"e1U1i\'t' aims. ,\1lht' Ill llll !J." 1 01 hhrarv patronv h;II i"nt';'I...I. the- n"a rm"I""H' 11<'r-n able 10 dt'H>te proponio(lar..I}· I.." 01 rhr-ir rime10 ,1 «IUi~itio'" ;1I1d lat;,loj{i"ll:_ .-\ I..w ,talisli" will d lmIral .. lh .. dil11..tl,i<JI1\ of "w pl'Obkm: th"I" was a total 016,700 dail .. \'ililml_;111 in, t..a,t' 01 0It'1 1,000 hom 1974;mon° ,h;{1\ 1.1.'\(1 [wnpk u,,-'d Ih,'librar}' fm rlw fir'l l in\<'inI97.'J,ompan·d roHiO ill 197,1: 1f'1"I,ho lle,-all, in. rt'ased

.rvrronouucallv I rom IJUIl ill 197,1 to L~U(l in 197.',.Ik l p il.. in, !f',,,,'(1 dr-mand £01 pubhr >,·I\·i",. Ill<' li],'''I'

iatl\ did manage 10 .k\,ow unu- I" Ilwir ''''''I,ui,,1 dunce_ ""i,t;<l1I Jih,;{rian :"'aIH \. F Chm];u olr. ill ,harg, ' of our!t'ft'n'lln- dr-parutu-ne . and her ""i'lanl 1.i" 1 li.ro p nol " 11 1\answer...ll11aI1Y of III<' I..IWI, and 1Il",1 Ollhr phone , a lh .hill at", ''' I''·r\· i...·d rhc reading room and n>1npl"I,~1 v-vetal 'I" ',ial proJI·(IS . :'I II' , ( :It1J(\;l(o fl l' ,,'p.. r,~1 a 1"11 1);1.~I'

h,,,,ld,·t i"lornl1ng lihl,HI' U""l\ "bout 0111 various gt'll<'alolo;i""l mawr ial, and th..ir hxannn She <lbo w",k",1 wirhtepn-v-ntauvex from :'11;"'0< Ci;(\],-i\ oHie-.· nn a new hi,lot~· "f Providenr e. delivered pa l"' !' at In...·lin!;' "IIIH'....... '" F. ll lo; la lHl .-\ " hi\·illl. Conllf', Ii, HI C,nwalogi.-alS'''WI\ . ,HId Rhudr- I, la m l C,..n.."lngil-al S,,, i..tv : '''I"f'v-un'd lhi, s,)( k-tv on rhe WOIll,·,,'I ,,,,,,,min,, ' 01 Ihl"R hod t- II l" nd 8 i, ·t'uu·nn ia l Comnuvsmn and oil rhe F.llmi,11"ri tagl' Sludi"I Projo-t ",h·i..urv r rurnrnure. stU' "I", "Ivurued II", editorvhrp of Rh",l" '-"a",l fl"'I"1',' . .\ l i" Krop.ill addition ' 0 1ll' lp i" .l:' r!';"h'l\. ,Iwlving bonk" ,h",-king inl...ri,,,Ii,·all and PIt'lxuing I",,,k~ 101 binding, <II", ",n'f'\',·dall non-Xew Eng la nd periodicalv 101 R h"d ,' II I" nd mal erial. 1"~I>;ln'(l 1<'H'1;o1 hihl"'gral,hiel, and a" "rnbl'1:\ <Ill"",h ihil of earlv v hool I('XlI.

:'I!aIlU\(ripl' n,,;HOI :"';,lh;Hlir-I ;"I.: . Ship,on ,uH·",inn...1I W " l1l ~' ,l i l " " oil ... liolh plus fiftv-nne individual i"'Ill', "udr atalogr-d I,,·r-ntv co lknioll' and Fil,~' sing I.. TIl,lUll" riptIWIllI...\ IT0 1<!in g to lhf'''' ' 'lali'li", we ar r- 'l ill fa lling ht'hi ll, l, hlll w,' atr fa ll ing behind more , 10" I}' . I i<' al",W01kf'd rmr- dav a week O il the- :\"alh,llMt'1 (;Wf'U" I';<[ "'I~,

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