Babcock-Smith House Museum
124 Granite Street
Westerly, RI 02891
401-596-5704
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Page in Progress Urns and Benches The ambience of Westerly is so affected by granite that it seems to go unnoticed much of the time. The downtown is a treasure trove of works of art that is often overlooked and unappreciated. |
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Women of Westerly Urn as cut by the Smith Granite Company to be exhibited in the Rhode Island Building at the World’s Fair in Chicago in 1893. |
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The red Westerly granite urn located at the YMCA as cut for the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893 to mark the 400th anniversary of the voyages of Columbus. |
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The Crandall Urn was given to the town by the late Miss Martha Crandall, daughter of Albert Crandall. It is a finely detailed urn on an octagonal base. It originally served as a horse-watering trough at the corner of Grove Avenue and Granite Street. It is now used as a planter in Wilcox Park. |
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Several Westerly High School classes, families and individuals have given granite benches to the Wilcox Park . The Class of 1937 bench near the Columbus Monument and provides a lovely resting spot overlooking the gardens. |
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On the corner of Watch Hill Road and Ninigret Avenue, there is a lovely exedra dedicated to the memory of Ensign James Gordon Woodruff, USNR, who was killed in the Battle of Midway on June 16, 1943. |
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