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Taverns to Temperance:
A Spirited Tour of Old Barrington Village

Curated by Stephen Venuti
President, Barrington Preservation Society

Before the center of town shifted further south to its current location with the opening of the Town Hall in 1888, much of Barrington life centered around the Congregational Meetinghouse at 461 County Road. This area, now known as “Old Barrington Village,” was a vibrant community inhabited by farmers, shoemakers, cabinet makers, blacksmiths, stage-coach drivers, mariners, shipwrights, ferrymen, and statesmen. It was also the home of at least four now long-gone taverns. This interactive web/smartphone tour focuses on that small but fascinating piece of Barrington history.

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Rhode Tour is a joint initiative of the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, Brown University’s John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage, and the Rhode Island Historical Society. Rhode Tour is a smartphone app and website that uses text, sound, and images to bring Rhode Island stories to the palm of your hand.