Tavern Hall Preservation Society
The Tavern Hall Preservation Society is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to the preservation and upkeep of the Elisha Reynolds House (1738) in Kingston, Rhode Island. The society was founded as the Tavern Hall Club in 1911 to foster understanding and cooperation between the people of the Village of Kingston and the nearby Rhode Island State College community.
The Elisha Reynolds House (1738), home of the Tavern Hall Preservation Society, Kingston, RI.
Elisha R. Reynolds House in 2016.
The Elisha Reynolds House (1738) and the Kingston village well at the corner of Kingstown Road and South Road in Kingston, RI. Watercolor by David Davidson ca1910.
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. The population was 6,974 at the 2010 census. Much of the village center is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Kingston Village Historic District. It was originally known as Little Rest.
Kings County Court House (now a public library) where the Constitution was last voted against by Rhode Island in 1790
Kingston in 1900 on Kingstown Road near the intersection of South Road, showing the village well
Washington County Jail (1858 & 1861). This building housed prisoners awaiting trial in the county courthouse. It is the current home of the South County History Center.