Little Compton Historical Society
Little Compton Historical Society
Little Compton Historical Society
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10.00 - 17.00
Martedì
10.00 - 17.00
Mercoledì
10.00 - 17.00
Giovedì
10.00 - 17.00
Venerdì
10.00 - 17.00
Sabato
10.00 - 17.00
Domenica
10.00 - 17.00
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Barbara S
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giu 2023 • Famiglia
We went there to hopefully learn about everyday life of my ancesters who lived in that area in the 1700-1800s. The tour of the Wilbor house was very informational by a knowledgeable guide. The director also helped us locate some wills, and burial sites of our family. A must see if you are anywhere in this area.
Scritta in data 21 giugno 2023
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Peter K
Washington D.C., Distretto di Columbia283 contributi
set 2016 • Coppie
Little Compton is so remote, 20-some miles east of Fall River, MA, out on a peninsula on the Atlantic, without hotels and scenery mainly of 100 miles of early settler-built stone walls, that you need a real reason to go, a funeral perhaps. But we found a reason in the little heralded Wilbor House Museum, the core of which one Samuel Wilbor built in 1690 and that generations of Wilbors (and Wilburs, and Wilbers and other descendants of their English forbear Wild Bore, or Boar) expanded so that each section is characteristic of design and lifestyles of each of its centuries, evolving, for example, from chamber pots to an outhouse, to primitive indoor plumbing--a well under the house from which the cook could pump water directly into the kitchen sink. This is cedar-shingled, pine farm house primarily, with eight outbuildings including a vast barn, a replica of a one-room community school house and a shed for feeding and nurturing chickens.
Indeed, Little Compton and Wilbor family farmers may well have been the American colonies' first masters of genetic engineering. They conceived the Rhode Island Red Hen, which lays only. brown eggs. So celebrated is this hen that it is officially memorialized with a monument in a village nearby, the town's only creature, human or bird, so honored. An old sign in the shed, which might have been posted where you might see a Rotary sign today, proclaims Little Compton the Poultry Capital of the World. Among other structures is an old cat boat, Peggotty, once a small gaff-rigged sail boat that ferried produce and eight or ten passengers across the Providence River to Aquidneck Island, site of Portsmouth, Middletown and Newport. Little Compton's most acclaimed artists, Sidney Burleigh, brought It ashore in 1906 and made it his studio.
In the barn and the main building, the Little Compton Historical Society, headquartered there, has amassed a vast collection of, it seems, every conceivable tool and device that folks used brim cleaning their teeth to milking their cows, and they are displayed in setting characteristic of their time. We were astonished to see Victorian era quilt to which each quilter contributed a square, and signed it.
Currently, the Wilbor House's main exhibition illustrates research that the museum's director has collected in an ambitious and surprising new (June, 2016) book, "If Jane Should Want to Be Sold." In its self-image, Rhode Island long saw itself as a bastion of abolition, but Marjory O'Toole's three-year examination of slavery and indentured servitude in Little Compton is a stunning eye-opener. Ms. O'Toole traces the lives of 350 slaves and indentured servants residing in Little Compton.
The museum is accessible all year, from 1 to 5 three or four days a week--more often in summer. So far off the Beaton path, it draws few visitors, a boon for us on a Saturday afternoon. My wife Yvonne and I were the only customers for two hours. For $7.50 each the docent-manager, Marie Jenkins, brought us in, locked the door and led us through the main house for more than an hour. Ms. Jenkins has mastered the place as thoroughly as any Wilbor.
Indeed, Little Compton and Wilbor family farmers may well have been the American colonies' first masters of genetic engineering. They conceived the Rhode Island Red Hen, which lays only. brown eggs. So celebrated is this hen that it is officially memorialized with a monument in a village nearby, the town's only creature, human or bird, so honored. An old sign in the shed, which might have been posted where you might see a Rotary sign today, proclaims Little Compton the Poultry Capital of the World. Among other structures is an old cat boat, Peggotty, once a small gaff-rigged sail boat that ferried produce and eight or ten passengers across the Providence River to Aquidneck Island, site of Portsmouth, Middletown and Newport. Little Compton's most acclaimed artists, Sidney Burleigh, brought It ashore in 1906 and made it his studio.
In the barn and the main building, the Little Compton Historical Society, headquartered there, has amassed a vast collection of, it seems, every conceivable tool and device that folks used brim cleaning their teeth to milking their cows, and they are displayed in setting characteristic of their time. We were astonished to see Victorian era quilt to which each quilter contributed a square, and signed it.
Currently, the Wilbor House's main exhibition illustrates research that the museum's director has collected in an ambitious and surprising new (June, 2016) book, "If Jane Should Want to Be Sold." In its self-image, Rhode Island long saw itself as a bastion of abolition, but Marjory O'Toole's three-year examination of slavery and indentured servitude in Little Compton is a stunning eye-opener. Ms. O'Toole traces the lives of 350 slaves and indentured servants residing in Little Compton.
The museum is accessible all year, from 1 to 5 three or four days a week--more often in summer. So far off the Beaton path, it draws few visitors, a boon for us on a Saturday afternoon. My wife Yvonne and I were the only customers for two hours. For $7.50 each the docent-manager, Marie Jenkins, brought us in, locked the door and led us through the main house for more than an hour. Ms. Jenkins has mastered the place as thoroughly as any Wilbor.
Scritta in data 11 settembre 2016
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Penny B
Toronto, Canada11 contributi
set 2015 • Famiglia
Booked an excellent hour with the historian in residence, Marjory O'toole. I was researching ancestors who lived in Little Compton, and Marjory was an amazingly knowledgeable resource.
Scritta in data 30 settembre 2015
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Robert V
Washington Dc, District Of Columbia30 contributi
ott 2014 • Famiglia
Well worth a stop. Fine exhibits and excellent instructions for looking at the objects. Reconstruction includes the 1690 portion and then up-dates that have been added. If you are into New England very early colonial buildings and furnishing it is a great bet.
Scritta in data 18 febbraio 2015
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Little Compton Historical Society: domande frequenti
- Gli orari di apertura di Little Compton Historical Society sono:
- mar - dom 10:00 - 17:00
- Hotel vicino a Little Compton Historical Society:
- (0.13 km) Ocean View West Main Road Residence
- (10.81 km) Almondy Inn
- (10.58 km) Serenity Inn Newport
- (10.07 km) Beech Tree Inn and Cottage
- (9.90 km) Town & Tide Inn
- Ristoranti vicino a Little Compton Historical Society:
- (10.32 km) Cru Cafe
- (10.54 km) Corner Cafe
- (10.89 km) Chanterelle Restaurant
- (10.87 km) Brick Alley Pub
- (10.46 km) Jo's American Bistro