Historic Walking Tours of Narragansett Pier
Further Reading
A select list of publications, most found online or at local libraries, relating to the history
of Narragansett Pier.
At local libraries
History of Washington and Kent Counties
By J. R. Cole
W. W. Peeston & Co., Press of J. Henry Probst
New York, 1889
Industries and Wealth of the Principal Points in Rhode Island
A.F. Parsons Publishing Company
New York, 1892
Kate Chase for the Defense
By Alice Sokoloff
The Cornwall Press
Cornwall, N.Y. 1971
Lost South Kingstown
By Kathleen Bossy, Mary Keane and 18 contributing authors
The Pettaquamscutt Historical Society
Kingston, R.I. 2004
Narragansett By-the-Sea
By Sallie Latimer
Arcadia Publishing
Charleston (SC), Chicago, Portsmouth (NH), and San Francisco, 1999
Narragansett in Vintage Postcards
By Sallie W. Latimer
Arcadia Publishing
Charleston (SC), Chicago, Portsmouth (NH), and San Francisco, 1999
Rhode Island: A Brief History
By Earl C. Tanner,
R.I. State Board of Education, in cooperation with
R.I. Development Council and R.I. Historical Society, 1955
The Rhode Island Coast
Photography by Jim McElholm
Pilot Press Publishers, Newton, Mass., and
Twin Lights Publishers, Rockport, Mass., 2000
A Short Haul to the Bay: The Narragansett Pier Rail Road
By James N. H. Henwood
The Stephen Greene Press
Brattleboro, Vt., 1969
A Sketch of Narragansett Pier, Its Past, Present, and Future
By the Narragansett Times
Wakefield, R.I., 1888
Simply South County
By Marie Younkin-Waldman
Gentility Press, Narragansett, 2003
South Shore, Rhode Island
By Betty J. Cotter
Arcadia Publishing
Charleston (SC), Chicago, Portsmouth (NH), and San Francisco, 1999
Souvenirs of Narragansett Pier, 1884 to 1922
Hotel Men's Association of Narragansett Pier
Summer by the Seaside, The Architecture of New England Coastal Resort Hotels, 1820-1950
By Bryant F. Tolles Jr.
University Press of New England
Lebanon, N.H. 2008
William Sprague, 50 Vignettes
By Richard Vangermeersch
South County Museum, 2013
At local libraries and on-line:
Architectural and Historical Resources of Narragansett (1991)
Rhode Island Historic Preservation Commission
http://www.preservation.ri.gov/pdfs_zips_downloads/survey_pdfs/narragansett.pdf
Architectural and Historical Resources of Narragansett Pier (1978)
Rhode Island Historic Preservation Commission
http://www.preservation.ri.gov/pdfs_zips_downloads/survey_pdfs/narragansett_pier.pdf
On-line only:
Narragansett Historical Society
www.narragansetthistoricalsociety.com/
Narragansett Official Town Site
www.narragansettri.gov/index.aspx?NID=372
Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Towers_(Narragansett,_Rhode_Island)
From RI Sea Grant:
Public Access to the Rhode Island Coast
RI Sea Grant Communications Office, Rhode Island University Bay Campus,
Rhode Island 02882-1197. Order P1696
A Guide to Rhode Island's Natural Places
RI Sea Grant, University of Rhode Island Bay Campus, Narragansett, RI 02882-1197.