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Babcock-Smith House Museum
124 Granite Street
Westerly, RI   02891
401-596-5704
bsh1734@verizon.net

 

Granite Series Has Begun

Our series of 52 full-page articles on the granite industry in Westerly is now appearing weekly in The Westerly Sun.

The Babcock-Smith House is responsible for content.

United Builders Supply, which is presently selling granite, is paying for the space and The Westerly Sun will contribute layout and design expertise.

Recurring features include a list of people associated with the granite industry, a "Do you know where this is?" photo, stone cutters' cottages, stone chips, and a feedback space.

The goal for the BSH Museum is to educate readers about the town's heritage, to collect more information and artifacts for our research library and collection, and to encourage membership in the Museum.

Anyone who wants to help with research and/or writing should contact  Betty-Jo Cugini, John Coduri, Linda Smith Chaffee, Susan Brocato or Ellen Madison.



Brief Notes:

  • Francis Crowley donated a pre-Revolutionary War Windsor chair which had been owned by the Babcock family from Stonington, CT. It may be seen in the keeping room.
  • Granite tools have been received from several community members.

  • Kathy Bell Krystinik has donated her grandparents' 1925 wedding china, a beautiful pattern of Haviland Limoge formal dishes. They are being used for Candlelight Dinners.

    Price for Candlelight Dinners has just been lowered to $50 per person.

 

 
 

To Submit Granite Information, Anecdotes, or Artifacts:

Email:   Ellen Madison,     woodyhillbandb@verizon.net
Snail mail:   John Coduri c/o Babcock-Smith House Museum, 124 Granite Street, Westerly, RI. 02891
Phone:   Linda Chaffee,    401-377-8490
Phone:   Betty-Jo Cugini  401-315-2446

 

2010 Membership Campaign Has Begun

The Board of Trustees enthusiastically adopted a membership-based structure as recommended in our recently developed business plan.  There are seven levels of membership with benefits at all levels.  Letters were mailed at the end of April.

All levels include: free admission to the Museum, newsletters, and a ten percent discount at Joshua's Store.

$20      Individual
$50      Family
$100    Historian (one copy of any new publication)

$250    Custodian (BSHM Golf Shirt)
$500    Curator (Granite History DVD)
$1,000 Conservator (Use of Carriage House for one day)

$2,500 Preservationist (Use of Carriage House for one day plus Candlelight Dinner for 12)

 

 

 


 

 

  

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