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Barrington was originally occupied by the Wampanoag Indians, whose territory spread from Narragansett Bay to Cape Cod. [5]: 54 But epidemics largely eliminated their coastal settlements, and their main settlement was roughly Bristol, Barrington, and Warren, Rhode Island [6]: 5 at the time of the Pilgrims' arrival in 1620.
The following properties and districts in Barrington, Rhode Island, are on the National Register of Historic Places. Contents: Counties in Rhode Island;
The Alfred Drowne Road Historic District of Barrington, Rhode Island, encompasses a suburban area developed between about 1860 and 1910, a period of significant suburban growth in Barrington spurred by the connection of the town by rail to Providence in 1855. This 27-acre (11 ha) residential area was before that time farmland owned by Alfred ...
Barrington Town Hall in 2014. The 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story Barrington Town Hall was designed and constructed between 1887 and 1888 by Stone, Carpenter & Willson of Providence, Rhode Island with an appropriation of $15,000. [2] The town hall was officially dedicated on December 12, 1888. [4]
Haines Memorial State Park is public recreation area in the town of Barrington on the northeastern side of Narragansett Bay, six miles (9.7 km) south of East Providence, Rhode Island. The state park offers picnicking, play fields, fishing and boating facilities, and is a stop on the East Bay Bike Path. [2]
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The BPS was founded in 1885 as the “Barrington Historic Antiquarian Society” and renamed the “Barrington Preservation Society” in 1965. The society is dedicated to telling the history of the Town of Barrington, Rhode Island through its museum and events. [1]
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