Thursday, April 27, 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Saylesville Meeting House, 374 Great Road, Lincoln, RI. Reception and book signing to follow at Arnold House, 487 Great Road, Lincoln, R.I.
Explore the humanities, history, arts, and even Greek mythology through the public art of Providence. Join father and daughter co-authors Paul and Heather Anne Caranci for an illustrated talk on their new book, Monumental Providence: Legends of History in Sculpture, Statuary, Monuments, and Memorials. Find out how they assembled a self-guided tour of each magnificent statue, monument, memorial, and sculpture in Providence. Their unique guide presents all 100 pieces of public art in Providence and explains both the motivation behind a sculpture’s placement in the city and the artist’s intent in creating the piece. Free to Historic New England members and Saylesville Friends $5 nonmembers Registration recommended. Please call 401-728-9696 for more information or register online: Monumental Providence
Saylesville Meeting House (1703), located at 374 Great Road, is one of the oldest continuously-used Quaker meeting houses in New England and the first house of worship erected in Northern Rhode Island.?? The meeting house hosts a book swap and a self-guided tour is available. There are no limits on the amount of books that may be taken or given.
Arnold House (1693): In 1693, Eleazer Arnold, a major landowner, built his house along Great Road, one of the earliest roads in the colonies. Two stories high, with a pilastered chimney, the home so dominated the modest dwellings of nearby farmers that it earned the title ???Eleazer???s Splendid Mansion.????? With its massive chimney end wall, the house is a rare survivor of a once-common Rhode Island building type known as a stone-ender. The structure has sustained many alterations over the centuries. Visitors find evidence of seventeenth-century construction methods, eighteenth-century additions, nineteenth century graffiti, and the twentieth-century approach to preservation that restored the house to its present appearance. Arnold House is located at 487 Great Road. Guided tours are on the hour, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with the last tour at 4:00 p.m.?? www.HistoricNewEngland.org