The Roger Mowry Tavern, also known variously as the Roger Mowry House, Olney House and Abbott House, was a historic stone ender house, built around 1653, in Providence, Rhode Island. Roger Mowry was a constable and operated the only tavern in the town. The tavern also served as a government meeting place, church, and jail. It was originally constructed as a 1+1⁄2-story single room house with a chamber upstairs. By 1711 the house was expanded with a two-story lean-to by 1711. At an unknown later date, the top of the roof of the original house was raised up further. The original portion of the house was restored by Norman Isham in 1895. The Roger Mowry Tavern was the oldest house in Providence until it was demolished in 1900.
Roger Mowry Tavern
Roger Mowry Tavern in ca. 1885
Mowry Tavern, ca. 1650, in Providence near North Burial Ground (demolished c.1900)
Mowry House as is originally appeared according to Norman Isham
The stone-ender is a unique style of Rhode Island architecture that developed in the 17th century where one wall in a house is made up of a large stone chimney.
1653 Roger Mowry House (Providence) diagram from Norman Isham's 1895 book [1]
Eleazer Arnold House, 1691, Lincoln, Rhode Island
Epenetus Olney House in North Providence, demolished by 1900
Arthur Fenner House (c. 1655) in Cranston, demolished 1886