
Jamestown Sites on the National Register – Nov 2016
Our November exhibit in the Jamestown Philomenian Library celebrates sites in Jamestown that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Our November exhibit in the Jamestown Philomenian Library celebrates sites in Jamestown that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Some of our art collection is on display in the Jamestown Police Station.

The new exhibit in the Jamestown Historical Society case in the Jamestown Philomenian Library displays scarves and other types of adornment from the society’s collection.

Jamestown artists sometimes worked with materials that are not normally found in an artist’s studio.

“Service above Self” The Jamestown Rotary. The exhibit of the Jamestown Historical Society at the Jamestown Philomenian Library

Before there was email, websites, Facebook and twitter, there was personal and corporate stationery.

Register for the Bay View Hotel, 1911-1916 Model of the Beavertail Lighthouse T-shirt for Island Rubbish Service. These are just three of 16 items shown in our JHS exhibit case at the Jamestown Library.

The exhibit committee, which is now under the direction of Suzi Andrews, has installed our newest exhibit in the society’s case in the foyer of the Jamestown Philomenian Library.

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, summer visitors to Jamestown often founded private clubs at which to meet and socialize.

Do you save souvenirs from Jamestown events that you have attended? We do! Our newest exhibit in the Jamestown Library Display Case showcases Jamestown souvenirs over the years.
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The Jamestown
Historical Society
PO Box 156
Jamestown, RI
02835