Barrington Preservation Society

presents:

What’s New About Old Barrington Village?

 Van Edwards, Ph.D., Visiting Lecturer in History
Bridgewater State University and Bryant University

Monday, April 30, 2018 — 7:00 PM
Barrington Public Library
Salem Family Auditorium & Collis Family Gallery

Barrington historian Van Edwards will present new research on the rise and decline of Barrington’s historic town center, the area immediately north of the current White Church. This area began to grow in 1737 with the removal of the Congregational Church from an earlier location on Jennys Lane, but by 1860 the railroad shifted the town’s center away from the Old Village. Van will show and discuss a hand-painted map drawn for tavern-keeper Henry Bowen in 1771, documenting house lots, tavern, schoolhouse, and blacksmith shop in this bustling village on the eve of the American Revolution.

ALSO FEATURED: Updates on BPS’s educational activities, including Barrington High School (BHS) senior projects.BHS senior  Lindsey Hands will show a handmade historic map of Barrington that has been the subject of her senior project.

FREE • OPEN TO THE PUBLIC • REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED