The Historical Society cares for the Town weights and measures scale from 1858, the town clock from the Baptist Church of Baldwinville from 1872, many town records dating back to 1770, and the town hand tub Narragansett #6 from 1859. The Society is not trying to take the town's School clock, we are simply following the requests of the hundreds of townspeople who would rather see the clock in the Museum. Each one voicing their opinion that it no longer fits in the new School and would be better viewed where it is. If those in power consider the School clock a piece of Town property, then come and get your other property and put it in a town building. Our volunteers spend countless hours taking care of these artifacts, and we will continue to do so.
Here is the first place the clock stood in Templeton, on Boynton Rd.
The Wright Tavern The tavern was built around 1763 by Joshua Wright. It is the third framed house to be built in the town of Templeton, all of which still exist today. (1934) the house features a center chimney which hosts five fireplaces and a bee hive oven, wide board floors and exposed beams. Located on Boynton Rd. The book, “I see the Red House” is on display in the document room of the Narragansett Historical Society where you can read the history of the tavern and the restoration of the building when the Floods purchased it in the 1930’s. They called it “Big Ben” one of the largest grandfather clocks made and arguably the most beautiful. In the picture to your left, you can understand why they had to fix up the barn.
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