Near Town Hall Drive north of County Road (Rhode Island Route 103), on the right when traveling north.
In 1653 settler-colonists laid claim to "Sowams," the ancestral home of the Pokanoket. Though the Pokanoket never relinquished their claim, settler-colonists soon occupied the land, including modern-day Barrington. Among these settler-colonists were . . . — — Map (db m251628) HM
On East Bay Bike Path east of County Road (Rhode Island Route 114), on the right when traveling east.
Early Plymouth colonists called Barrington "The Garden of the Colony" for its beautiful location on Narragansett Bay and the Providence River, its numerous streams and meadows, and its fertile soil.
- from Bicknell, A History . . . — — Map (db m304528) HM
On East Bay Bike Path at Bay Spring Avenue, on the right when traveling north on East Bay Bike Path.
"Campers all helped each other pitch tents, which had a big pole in the middle. The tents were up all summer long and Labor Day, down they'd come. There would be at least a hundred of them."
- Mary Clare Feeley, a summer . . . — — Map (db m251860) HM
On East Bay Bike Path west of Kirby Street, on the right when traveling west.
In 1847, Nathaniel Potter of Providence founded the Nayett Brick Company along the nearby banks of Mouscochuck Creek and what was then a large swamp. Making bricks involved digging clay by hand with picks and shovels from holes 12 to 14 feet in . . . — — Map (db m251635) HM
Near Town Hall Drive north of County Road (Rhode Island Route 103), on the right when traveling north.
Prince's Hill, the highest point of land in Barrington, was named for its original colonial owner, Governor Thomas Prince, or Prence, of Plymouth Plantation. Around 1728, the town bought a half-acre of land on this hill for Prince's Hill . . . — — Map (db m251626) HM
On Alfred Drowne Road at Washington Road, on the right when traveling west on Alfred Drowne Road.
Platted
1868
Welcome to
Drownville
Farmland once owned by the Drown family, and the land was subdivided after passenger rail service was established in 1855, connecting Barrington to Providence.
Listed on the
National . . . — — Map (db m251908) HM
On East Bay Bike Path at Alfred Drowne Road, on the right when traveling north on East Bay Bike Path.
A family of shipbuilders, seafarers, and farmers, the Drowns settled in Bristol and Warren before the American Revolution. In the late 1700s, Jeremiah Drown began buying land in Barrington, and, in 1833, his son Alfred purchased 16 acres here . . . — — Map (db m251862) HM
On East Bay Bike Path at Metropolitan Park Drive, on the left when traveling south on East Bay Bike Path.
Once known as the Humphrey Farm, Haines Memorial State Park (originally named the Dr. George B. Haines Memorial Park) is a picturesque stretch of fields, woods, and coastline in Barrington and the Riverside section of East Providence. Dr. Haines, . . . — — Map (db m251859) HM
On East Bay Bike Path 0.3 miles west of South Lake Drive, on the left when traveling west.
The Willis E. Blount Ice Company was created circa 1918 on Little Echo to provide ice for the Warren-based Blount Oyster Company. The pond, a flooded claypit, had been used for ice harvesting since the late 1800s. Willis' sons, Luther and Francis . . . — — Map (db m251909) HM
On Rumstick Road near between Rumstick Road and Rumstick Road, on the left when traveling west.
This Boulder Marks the site of Massasoit Spring and commemorates the great Indian sachem Massasoit, friend of the white man and chief of this region when the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, 1620.
This tablet is placed in accordance with the . . . — — Map (db m290544) HM
On East Bay Bike Path at New Meadow Road, on the right when traveling west on East Bay Bike Path.
"When workers were building the Barrington Bridge in 1914, my grandmother, Maria Balia, who lived nearby would serve them drinks that she kept cold in her well. The workers used to go to her house every day and sit under the grape . . . — — Map (db m304538) HM
On Wampanoag Trail (Rhode Island Route 114) at Kyle Circle, on the right when traveling north on Wampanoag Trail.
Osamequin Nature Preserve and Bird Sanctuary is named in honor of the Massasoit (Great Leader) Osamequin (or Ousamequin) of the Pokanoket Tribe. Osamequin, which means Yellow Feather, led his people in helping the settlers of the Plymouth Colony . . . — — Map (db m282075) HM
On County Road (Rhode Island Route 103/114) at Mathewson Road, on the right when traveling west on County Road.
"I remember the spectacular view of the Barrington River in the Spring and Summer; the boats were moored in the beautiful harbor which gave the police access to our community from both land and water."
- Police Officer Joseph . . . — — Map (db m223004) HM
On Town Hall Drive north of County Road ( Route 103), on the right when traveling north.
This monument is here to remind us of all who served, in whatever capacity, in whatever place, the men and women of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard.
Dedicated to Barrington veterans WWII "Operation Silent Witness" . . . — — Map (db m251630) WM
Near South Lake Drive at Washington Road, on the right when traveling east.
A Conservation Success Story - Sowams Woods is a 12.3 acre parcel owned and managed by the Barrington Land Conservation Trust. It took four years, two-million dollars and a far-reaching coalition to protect the property forever. The effort . . . — — Map (db m283199) HM
On Town Hall Drive north of County Road ( Route 103/114), on the right when traveling north.
A memorial of patriotism and a tribute of honor to the men of Barrington who in the World War served their country 1914 - 1918
Domenico Acciardo
Giuseppe Acciardo
Earl Adams
G. Edward Anderson
Gustaf O. Anderson . . . — — Map (db m252317) WM
On Church Street west of South Street, on the right when traveling east.
In memory of the members of this parish who made the supreme sacrifice in World War II
1941 - 1945
Anthony Carlone
Frank Chianese
Amos Cabral
Roland O. Cusson
John DiCicco
Peter D'Elia
James Paolella
Constantino . . . — — Map (db m251636) WM
