PROJECTS

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.

PRESERVATION

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.
 

NEW PROJECTS

The Society is always on the lookout for new and exciting restoration and preservations projects. If you have an idea for a project, we'd love to hear from you. Please contact us at projects@middletownhistory.org.