History of The Building
Pettaquamscutt Historical Society Museum was the location of the former old Rhode Island Washington County Jail. situated at the crest of the hill on Kingstown Road and Upper College Road at the University of Rhode Island southeastern entrance on Route 138. The front building was constructed in 1792 recognized by the National Register of Historical Places plaque, the rear building 1856 as the old jail, for the purpose of confining criminals who disrupted the society of old Washington County, with further redesigned 1861. One of many locals tradesmen, Amos Reynold Sweet set the rafters of the structure with local oakwood, and built walls of mica greywacke and Westerly RI granite stones, mortar and the iron cell gates. The jail was closed in 1956, and the building by 1958 housed the Pettaquamscutt Historical Society Museum. The front section of the building was redesigned in 1956 to establish the museum art collection, library and historical records, while the rear section of jail cells was refurbished and opened to the visiting public.
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Pettaquamscutt Historical Society Museum- Front structure built 1792.
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