In 1871, an association for a free reading-room and library was formed, opening in Pashal Allen’s store on the northeast corner of Main and Market Streets. By 1877, the corporate name became the Warren Public Library and it raised funds and received enough bequests to...
This building is Gothic Revival made of gray granite stone with 14 twenty-five-foot-high arched stained-glass sanctuary windows. The Baptist congregation and church were formed in 1764 and called Reverend Mr. Manning as preacher. Also created was a Baptist School known as Rhode Island College, which...
This magnificent building is a fine vernacular Greek Revival Church with a portico with massive fluted Doric columns supporting a full pediment and a prominent five-stage steeple. Completed in 1845 the structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places of the U.S. National...
This building is the second- oldest Masonic Temple in continuous use in North America and the oldest public building in Warren. The building was completed in 1799 and incorporates oak timbers reclaimed from British ships sunk in Newport Harbor during the Revolutionary War. The building’s...
WHF has awarded the Historic Warren Armory six grants over 6x years, totaling more than $12,0000, to support restoration of five rear diamond patterned arch- shaped windows, the cupola and turrets and the stage in the main hall. Other projects have included repointing of the...