by JHS | May 4, 2022 | From the Collection
In 1827 the Philadelphia Horticultural Society hosted the first American flower show with the aim “to inspire taste for one of the most rational and pleasing amusements of man”. Flower shows have played important roles for most gardeners and Jamestown proved no...
by JHS | Apr 7, 2022 | From the Collection
This carriage vase belonged to Harry E. Shatzer, who after arriving in Jamestown in 1912, established a livery stable on Narragansett Avenue. Shatzer would attach the flower vase to his carriages for weddings and funerals. Harry Shatzer was born in 1879 in...
by JHS | Mar 9, 2022 | From the Collection
This lighthouse is located in the West Passage just north of the Jamestown Bridge. It was completed in 1899 and served to warn vessels away from the Plum Beach shoal which extended east from the Narragansett shore toward Conanicut Island. In 1918 granite riprap was...
by JHS | Feb 4, 2022 | From the Collection
The Jamestown Historical Society has a remarkable collection of signs that served wildly different purposes Modern businesses – from the hotels of Jamestown’s resort era to the stores and restaurants on Narragansett Avenue today – announced their existence with...
by JHS | Jan 5, 2022 | From the Collection
In the JHS Collection are examples, spanning almost 200 years, of Jamestowners’ interest in collecting and sharing their favorite recipes. In 1825 Lydia Ann Gould created handwritten Receipts for Sarah C. Green. In those days the two terms, receipt and recipe, were...
by JHS | Dec 1, 2021 | From the Collection
The initial contract for building the Jamestown-Verrazzano bridge was awarded in December 1984 to Clarke-Fitzpatrick Inc., the lowest of six bidders at $63.9 million. Ground was broken September 26. 1985, and construction began. Estimated time to complete – three...