Welcome to The East Greenwich Historic Preservation Society!

Encouraging the protection and preservation of buildings, neighborhoods, documents, photographs and items of historic significance.
Monthly programs which are open and free to the public.
Sponsoring programs that foster community growth.
Publishing The Packet, a newsletter with in-depth history of the Town.
Participating in educational and civic events.

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East Greenwich, Rhode Island!

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May 11

Smugglers and Privateers: East Greenwich Mariners During the Revolution

EGHPS historian, Matt Carcieri, will tell stories of the local law dodgers and bounty hunters who vexed the British at sea. Open to the public. Sponsored ...

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June 27

Bus Tour of Revolutionary East Greenwich

Join Us for a Bus Tour of Revolutionary East Greenwich! Experience East Greenwich as it existed during the Revolutionary War, and learn about the outsized ...

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Fun Facts

Frederick Douglass spoke at the East Greenwich Academy in 1888.

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Major William Gibbs McNeill, Chief Engineer of the Railroad and uncle of James McNeill Whistler, the famous American painter, designed the handsome double-arch, granite bridge (1837) on King Street, with George Washington Whistler, the father of James.

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