Plans for our 2014 Gala, Barrington Ship to Shore, are well underway. On Saturday, September 27, 2014, from 5 to 8 pm the Barrington Preservation Soceity will host a cocktail party at the Barrington Yacht Club. The event will focus on Barrington’s rich maritime history—those who mae their living on the water, and those who merely dream of it. Egbert, the Buzzards Bay scallop boat built in 1885 and stranded on top of pilings in the 1938 hurricane, will be welcoming visitors at the Yacht Club dock and offering a day sail in the silent auction. As well as numerous other silent auction items, we will have vintage photographs, boat models and artifacts on display.  We hope you will join us as a patron or guest!

Online Tickets available NOW!

Click here for an invitation letter for patrons.

Barrington Preservation Society and Friends of the Barrington Public Library Present:

Thursday, April 3, 2014, 7:00 PM
Barrington Public Library

Come and meet former radio personality Florence Markoff, known for her popular radio features There’s A Word For It! and Rhode Island Portraits in Sound. These radio broadcasts were solely created by Rhode Island Radio Hall of Famer, Florence Markoff.

Her distinctive style has brought delight to thousands of radio listeners around southern New England.

This event is free and open to all.

The Barrington Preservation Society and the Barrington Recreation Department are collaborating in hosting . . .

HISTORY–MYSTERY CAMP

Gallery Talk: Sunday, March 9, 2014, 2-4 PM, BPS Museum

Bob Howe, “History of the Rhode Island Lace Works Factory in Barrington, 1904-1990”

Bob Howe spent 40 years as a designer at the Lace Works Factory, following in the footsteps of his father Gordon Howe. He will talk about the workers, technology, and changes throughout the many years of its operation. The talk will begin in the “Barrington’s Industrial Past” exhibition, where many of the tools and designs are on display. It will culminate with a slide show of the skilled lace-making process.

Meet in the Preservation Society Museum at the lower level of the Barrington Public Library building.

New Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 7:00 PM
Barrington Senior Center (Lower Level, Peck Library Building)

The Barrington Preservation Society has rescheduled its annual plaquing program on Wednesday, February 26 at 7 PM in the Auditorium on the second floor of Peck Library.

The five honorees are:

• ca. 1763 Joseph Allen, Jr. House, 153 George Street, on Nockum Hill, recently named to the National Register of Historic Places. Owners: Jason and Christine Lawrence.

• ca. 1769 General Thomas Allin House, 20 Lincoln Avenue. Owners: Nathaniel L. and Julie S. Taylor.

• 1897 Mary Eliza Dyer House, 8 Holly Lane on Rumstick Point. Owners: Stephen E. and Caroline K. Tortolani.

• 1911 Lena L. Mathews House, 32 Fountain Avenue in the “Drownville Plat.” Owner: Nancy L. Tobias

• 1913 Lucian H. Hunt House, 48 Washington Road in West Barrington. Owners: Jeffrey and Dorie P. Balch.

Following the awards, Barrington architect David Andreozzi, will present an illustrated talk on “An Architect’s Path Towards the Relevance of the Contemporary Vernacular.”

Mr. Andreozzi graduated from Barrington High School in 1979, earned his art and architecture degrees at Rhode Island School of Design and currently has his practice based in Barrington and lives in Bristol, RI.

Over 25 years, Andreozzi has learned that, to be successful, both owner and architect should relate their project to the already built environment in terms of scale, the relationship of details and materials and local craftsmanship.

The plaquing program is free and open to the public.