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Caleb Westcott–Joe Reynolds–Phillip Taylor Tavern

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c. 1820 and later. 2573–2575 Kingston Rd.

This long-time tavern and hotel was a stage stop on the run from West Kingston to Narragansett Pier until competition from the railroad shut it down in 1877. The establishment began as a five-bay, central-chimney Federal house (to the right), the rest added sometime later and the entrance porch probably much later. Diagonally behind the tavern-hotel is the barn for the stage (1825), converted to a house in 1947. Several pleasant but modified buildings are next in line.

Writing Credits

Author: 
William H. Jordy et al.
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What's Nearby

Joseph Perkins–John Hagadorn–Thomas Taylor House
Asa Potter House
Kingston Free Library and Little Rest Archives (Kings County Courthouse; Little Rest Museum, Old County Records Office)
Kingston Congregational Church and Parish House (Thomas P. Wells House)
Pettaquamscutt Historical Society (Old County Jail)

Citation

William H. Jordy et al., "Caleb Westcott–Joe Reynolds–Phillip Taylor Tavern", [South Kingstown, Rhode Island], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/RI-01-SK31.

Print Source

Buildings of Rhode Island, William H. Jordy, with Ronald J. Onorato and William McKenzie Woodward. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004, 389-390.

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