Old Washington County Jail

Name: Old Washington County Jail
Address: 2636 Kingstown Road, Kingston, RI, 02881, UNITED STATES
Telephone: (401) 783-1328

2636 Kingstown Road, Kingston, RI 02881

South County

(401) 783-1328

Explore the region’s history at the old Washington County Jail (1792 - 1858), one of the oldest surviving jails in Rhode Island and the headquarters of the South County History Center. Historic museum and genealogy library. Jailer's residence and period jail cells dating to 1858 and 1861. Period rooms and gallery exhibitions. Ernest Hamlin Baker's 1939 mural, "The Economic Activities of the Narragansett Planters." Open year round.

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Old Washington County Jail

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