Pawtuxet Local Custom Tips by Pawtuxet

We presented the very first house and garden tour here in Pawtuxet Village. There have been minor house tours in the past, but this will be the first time doing houses throughout the entire historic district on both the Cranston and Warwick side of the bridge. The houses were open (first floor only) and many gardens were included. Houses on the tour were from the 1700's, 1800's and 1900's. We have a couple of very nice churches included as well as the Pawtuxet Rangers Armory, and the Pawtuxet Park Boat House. There will be 16 sites in all. It has kept me busy since November...juggling my real estate, personal life and restoration of the front hallway. We've been stripping paint, replacing floor boards, repairing sills, installing 1700's doors that had been replaced over the years....new lighting, plaster work upstairs and down, and the only thing I haven't been able to accomplish is replacing the front door (a stock door from the 1970's). Several homeownersspent their summer shaping up the garden, painting rooms, fixing hallways, hiding the toys and junk...whatever needs to be done to put the house in tip top condition for the tour.
I decided to share the progress on my hallway with all of you. If you've ever stripped paint before, you will have some idea of what it was like to go through 200 years of it. Most of the layers were relatively easy to remove until it got down to the milk paint. yuk. We don't want to do this anymore!!!!
Click on the pic to see the various stages of progress..

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Henry Brown, the bake master, uncovers the lobsters and other delicacies for an old fashioned clam bake on his waterfront farm several years ago. What a great day that was!

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We hosted the Statewide Historic Preservation Conference in our village this year. Big doins all over town. Tours, National speaker from DC, numerous displays and Panel Discussions.....topped by a grand Closing Reception where all our merchants contributed delectable treats to be nibbled with wine at the Aspray Boat House overlooking the cove. Everyone stayed late...loved the village...and Pawtuxet Village Association got an Award for Advocacy this year. Hoooooorah!! We're very proud.
Members of the board and the Mayor of Warwick are pictured with me here.

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Thought I would share this blast from the past that I ran across in my photo collection this morning. Gave me a grin. This is me and my family not long after we bought our house in Pawtuxet after moving around the country for a number of years. We got right into the swing of Gaspee Days with everyone decked out in costumes. The kids were so cute....compare them to their pic on my home page! me too, for that matter............many pounds later.....:-)
Some families used to dress in costume just to watch the parade and other events. It was fun to see folks wandering the village in colonial garb. Wish they still did that.

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A Rhode Island Clam Bake can't be beaten. Especially if it is held at Henry's waterfront farm. The melted butter will run down your chin...folks will munch on ears of roasted sweet corn...and there will be clams, little necks, lobsters, sausage, potatoes, onions, and lots of good times!!

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