Peleg Arnold Tavern

Peleg Arnold Tavern
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Peleg Arnold Tavern, built ca. 1690
Location	Union Village, Rhode Island
Coordinates	41°59′21″N 71°32′2″W
Part of	Union Village Historic District (ID78000011)
NRHP reference No.	74000046
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	July 30, 1974
Designated CP	July 28, 1978

The Peleg Arnold Tavern off Great Road in Union Village in North Smithfield, Rhode Island was built around 1690 and is one of the oldest homes in North Smithfield. The oldest part of house was built in the late 17th century by Richard Arnold, one of the earliest settlers in the area. His descendant, Peleg Arnold, greatly expanded the building a century later. Peleg Arnold was a justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court and representative to the Continental Congress. Arnold's popular tavern served as center of American military operations in the town during the American Revolution. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Images

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  Peleg Arnold tavern at the turn of the 20th century.
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  Peleg Arnold portrait from 1815, currently in the John Hay Library at Brown University

See also

• List of the oldest buildings in Rhode Island
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence County, Rhode Island

Sources

• Walter Nebiker, The History of North Smithfield (Somersworth, NH: New England History Press, 1976).
• Edward Field, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations at the End of the Nineteenth Century, (Mason Pub. Co., RI: 1902), 646–649. [1]

External links

• NRHP Nomination Form