KENYON-PIKE HOUSE (1839):
A two-story, monitor-on-hip-roofed, Greek Revival structure, with a five-bay façade; a central entrance portico with a roof balustrade; a tall, brick end-wall chimney; and a two-story brick addition at the rear. George Kenyon, who purchased the land from Thomas Levalley, erected the building in 1839. Kenyon rented the place as a tavern, run by Owen Burlingame. In 1854, the house went to David Pike, then to his son Edward. West Warwick leaded it for use as a town hall when the town was incorporated in 1913. In 1925, Jessie Pike sold it to the members of the town council, who conveyed it to the town in 1929. It remained in use until the present town hall was erected in 1959. The building was occupied by the State registry of Motor Vehicles for a while, then it was acquired by the Guill Tool Company.
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