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South County Museum was founded in 1933 in North Kingstown and the original collections were held in a barn in Wickford.After a year, the museum moved to the Knight Farm on Scrabbletown Road in North Kingstown.
The Old Washington County Jail, today the center's headquarters, was the location of the former Rhode Island Washington County Jail. [4] The Old Jail, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is situated at the crest of the hill on Kingstown Road and Upper College Road at the University of Rhode Island southeastern entrance on Route 138.
The Contemporary Theater Company (CTC) is a 501(c)3 non-profit theater company based in South Kingstown, Rhode Island.Founded by Artistic Director Christopher J. Simpson in 2005, the company presents a range of plays throughout South County with an emphasis on reaching first-time theatergoers.
Washington County, known locally as South County, is a county located in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. As of the 2020 census , the population was 129,839. [ 4 ] Rhode Island counties have no governmental functions other than as court administrative boundaries, which are part of the state government.
This building housed prisoners awaiting trial in the county courthouse. It is the current home of the South County History Center. Kingston is a village and a census-designated place within the town of South Kingstown in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States, and the site of the main campus of the University of Rhode Island.
Counties in Rhode Island have had no governmental functions since 1846 other than as court administrative and sheriff corrections boundaries which are part of state government. Within Rhode Island, Washington County is colloquially referred to as South County. [4] The colony of Rhode Island was established in the 17th century.
South County Independent was a weekly newspaper serving the areas of Narragansett, South Kingstown, Charlestown, Kingston, Wakefield and Peace Dale in Rhode Island. The paper was founded in 1997 by Frederick J. Wilson III & a group of investors.
The Hannah Robinson Tower is a 40 feet (12 m) tall wooden tower at the interchange between U.S. Route 1 (Tower Hill Road) and Route 138 (Bridgetown Road) in the community of South Kingstown, South County, Rhode Island. The tower was built in 1938 by the Civilian Conservation Corps and was rebuilt in 1988 using the same pillars.