Kristen Chambers
Regional History Fair
RHS looks forward to taking part in the Regional History Fair at the Westerly Library on September 14. Learn more about our Society, or...
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Latest News
Bell School Project Completed
Bell School is looking beautiful after the recent renovation- re-siding and new paint. You'd never know she's nearly 200 years old!
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Kristen Chambers
- Sep 3, 2022
- 1 min
Bell School Siding Project
We are excited that work on the Bell School Museum has begun! RHS applied for and was accepted for a Champlin Grant to re-side the...
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Kristen Chambers
- Sep 3, 2022
- 1 min
Samuel Clarke Farm Open House
We are pleased to announce that the Samuel Clarke Farm Open House, originally planned to take place in May 2020 but quashed by Covid, is...
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Kristen Chambers
- Apr 15, 2022
- 1 min
Historical Cemetery Hike
On Sunday, May 1st, 2022 at 9:30 AM we will offer a historical cemetery hike including three cemeteries, old cellar holes, wildflowers,...
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Kristen Chambers
- Apr 15, 2022
- 1 min
Historical Cemetery Event
Please join the Richmond Historic Cemetery Committee on Sunday, April 24 at 12:00 noon as we bring RH Cemetery #37 back to its original...
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Kristen Chambers
- Mar 24, 2020
- 1 min
Clark Memorial Library
(Originally published by Elizabeth Mowchan, January 29, 2018) We are fortunate for the generosity of Clark Library in allowing us to use...
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Kristen Chambers
- Mar 24, 2020
- 2 min
Who is Aunt Kate?
(Originally published August 3, 2018) The question was posed recently on our Facebook page: “A mystery…Who is “Aunt Kate”, the artist who...
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Richard Wolke
- Aug 6, 2019
- 1 min
Come Visit Bell School House August 3 & 10
If the flag is out, we're open! Come see the Lost Mills of South County exhibit Saturday, August 3 or August 10.
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Richard Wolke
- Aug 6, 2019
- 1 min
Town Hall sign to be displayed
This handsome hand painted wooden sign, which used to hang on the outside of the Town Hall before it was renovated in 1999, apparently...
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Richard Wolke
- Jul 9, 2019
- 1 min
Looking for Volunteers
A CAROLINA HISTORY MUSEUM? The original Richmond Clerk’s and Probate Court Office (1908 to 1966), owned by the Society, occupied a small...
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Richard Wolke
- Jul 6, 2019
- 3 min
RHS announces the passing of Elizabeth Ann Mowchan
The Richmond Historical Society expresses deepest sympathy to the family of Betty Mowchan. Betty was a long-time member and active...
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Richard Wolke
- Jul 6, 2019
- 1 min
Bell School House Museum is Open
The Bell School Museum is open (usually!) on Saturdays during the summer from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Come see the current exhibit on Lost...
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Richard Wolke
- Jul 3, 2019
- 4 min
Minutes from our Annual Meeting
MINUTES OF THE 2019 RHS MEETING The annual meeting of the Richmond Historical Society was held June 20, 2019 at Clark Memorial Library....
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Richard Wolke
- May 10, 2019
- 2 min
Richmond Historical Society is sad to announce the passing of Patricia Millar
Patricia Ann (Smith) Millar 1936 - 2019 Patricia Ann (Smith) Millar, of Richmond, Rhode Island, succumbed to Parkinson's dementia on...
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Richard Wolke
- May 10, 2019
- 1 min
Join our genealogy group
Interested in your family history? If you are or have been working on it and have found yourself stuck... We can help. The genealogy...
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