Historic and Architectural Resources of Barrington, Rhode Island, 1993

From introduction: "This study addresses the historic and architectural resources of the Town of Barrington, Rhode Island. The report includes a brief account of the architectural and developmental history of Barrington, based on a variety of primary and secondary documentary sources. This section is followed by a list of historic properties included in the National and State Registers of Historic Places, and a list of districts and properties recommended for nomination. The subsequent section is an annotated, selective inventory of some properties of historic and architectural importance in the town. The properties are listed alphabetically by street name. Though a relatively small number of properties are discussed in the report, data sheets for all surveyed properties are kept on file at the office of the Historical Preservation Commission, 150 Benefit Street, Providence, Rhode Island... The survey of cultural resources in Barrington was initiated by the Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission in 1980. At that time, a student intern, Bradford Smith, surveyed many of the town’s oldest buildings and conducted deed research on a number of properties. In 1986, Commission staff member Robert Owen Jones undertook the major part of the field survey. Virginia H. Adams, assisted by Terry Bradney, of the Public Archaeology Laboratory, Inc., completed the field survey, research, and initial report preparation in 1990. Other members of the staff of the Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission assisted in the final preparation of the report." Funding was provided in part by a Historic Preservation Fund grant administered by the Rhode Island State Historic Preservation Office and the State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Historic and Architectural Resources of Barrington, Rhode Island, 1993

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