Babcock-Smith House Museum
124 Granite Street
Westerly, RI 02891
401-596-5704
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Waters Rose |
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When Tizana Waters moved to Dunn’s Corners with her new husband Andrew Waters in 1920 from her home in Westerly, she brought with her slips from her father’s rose bushes which he dearly loved. One of them, Dr. Van Fleet, lives on next to the farmhouse and with neighbors with whom she shared it, but her father, carver Joseph Recchia, wanted to make sure that his passion for roses lived on. In 1904 he carved a rose out of granite and kept it safe under a glass case on the counter in the family store located at 85 Granite Street (now D’Angelo’s) except for a period of time when the rose was displayed at The Westerly Public Library. |
The rose, carved by Joseph Recchia in 1904, is now mounted on the headstone of his daughter Tizanna Waters and her husband Andrew. |
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