Barrington Civic Center Historic District

Barrington Civic Center
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Barrington Town Hall in 2008
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Location	Barrington, Rhode Island
Built	1717
Architect	Stone, Carpenter & Willson; Martin & Hall; Howe & Church; Michael Traficante
Architectural style	Late Victorian, Tudor Revival
NRHP reference No.	76000198[1]
Added to NRHP	December 12, 1976

Barrington Civic Center Historic District is a historic district in Barrington, Rhode Island on County Road. The district, which consists of the Barrington Town Hall, Leander R. Peck School and Prince's Hill Cemetery, is located on Prince's Hill near the center of Barrington. In 1728, Prince's Hill Cemetery was purchased and later expanded to its present size by 1898. The 1+1⁄2-story Barrington Town Hall was completed in 1888 and originally served as the seat of the town's government, library and high school. With the completion of the Leander R. Peck School in 1917, the high school moved into the adjacent building and the library used its space. The two-story Elizabethan Revival style Peck School is designed with a T-shaped plan and features a stairway to access the main entrance on the second story. The Peck School was later used by the fifth and sixth-grade elementary students before becoming the public library. Also located within the district is Wood's Pond. The Barrington Civic Center Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976 and serves as a historically significant example of civic and natural environment planning of the late nineteenth century.