The Middletown Historical Society is an
all-volunteer, non-profit educational organization,
founded in 1976, and chartered to promote the
investigation of all aspects of Middletown, Rhode
Island.
The Society's purpose is to bring together those people
interested in Middletown's history and to safeguard our
rapidly disappearing heritage in order to insure a
record of the past. Accordingly, the Middletown
Historical Society has undertaken a series of
preservation projects of which we are quite proud.
Paradise School
This circa 1875 one-room schoolhouse was restored for
use as the Society's headquarters and is listed in the
National Register of Historic Places. Paradise School
will be open to the public Sundays from 2:00 until
4:00pm during the months of July through September,
2003. Trained docents will be on hand to answer your
questions.
Boyd's Eight-vane Wind Grist
Mill
This historic windmill was fully restored relocated to
Paradise Park. The mill was officially dedicated in
October of 2001 and is listed in the National Register
of Historic Places. Boyd's Wind Grist Mill will be open
to the public Sundays from 2:00 until 4:00pm during the
months of July through September, 2003. Trained docents
will be on hand to answer your questions.
Witherbee School
This circa 1892 one-room schoolhouse was fully restored
into an authentic vintage 1900 classroom and is listed
in the National Register of Historic Places. We're very
pleased to announce that Witherbee School will once
again be open to the public Sunday afternoons between
the hours of 2:00 and 4:00 pm during the months of July,
August and September.
Middletown War Veteran’s
Memorial Park
The Middletown Historical Society would like to
announce their latest project. Situated on land
graciously donated by the estate of the late Ray
Durfee at the corner of Green End Avenue and Valley
Road (RI 214), the Society is in the first stages of
the design of a memorial park to honor Middletown’s
war veterans. Preliminary plans include a small
parking area, a memorial brick walkway, an
illuminated flag pole and a permanent monument
listing the names of those veteran’s who made the
ultimate sacrifice in the defense of their country
from the Revolutionary war to the present day
actions in the Middle East. If you would like to
volunteer to help us in realizing this goal or if
you would like to insure that a veteran is
remembered please email us at
info@middletownwarmemorial.org
