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Roger Williams Park Casino - Roger Williams Park Casino

Roger Williams Park Casino

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Roger Williams park is such a beautiful place for Rhode Islanders to enjoy and I think many times…read morethat I have just taken it for granted. When I was a teacher we brought a whole team of students here to enjoy Rhode Island's beautiful park with its many parts and pieces and nooks and crannies and water and fountains and hills and picnic areas including the carousel. There's just so much to see and do here and I am truly grateful for the spot. I came through the other day and I decided to look up the history of the park because I was not really familiar with it. I knew that it was named after Roger Williams, a founder of Rhode Island but I didn't really know much more than that. So I did my homework. The land for the park was a gift to the people of Providence in 1872, donated in the will of Betsey Williams, the last descendant of Roger Williams to inherit his land. It had been the family farm and was the last of the original land granted to Roger Williams in 1638 by Canonicus, chief of the Narragansett tribe. The family farmhouse was built in 1773 and is now known as the Betsey Williams Cottage; the cottage and the Williams family burial ground are within the park. The original gift consisted of about 100 acres. Additional land to the south was purchased in 1891 at a cost of $359,000, consisting mostly of unimproved land that was covered with woods and ponds; it brought the total area of the park to about 400 acres. New England is an amazing place to live. We are so rich in history of the beginnings of the United States and I think sometimes I just accept it but I've really started to look more since the pandemic and being stuck in the house so much. We have taken to going on rides around the state to look at the landscape just to entertain ourselves. It has made me much more appreciative of what we have here. If you haven't been to Roger Williams Park then you really need to go. It is a gem within the city of Providence.

I went to an event at the Casino, it was really nice and the food and the setup were really well…read moredone. Located in the midst of Roger Williams Park, this building features a brick exterior and verandas adorned with Ionic columns, semi-circular porticos and railings with turned balusters in the, Colonial Revival architectural style of the late nineteenth century. The interior walls of the first floor are constructed of hand-finished wood panels, the original floors are maple, and details such as beveled mirrors and an emerald green tiled fireplace lend a formal and elegant air to the surroundings. Upstairs, the Ballroom was used in the old days for special social events, especially during the '30's and '40's. That is where our event was held and it was a really roomy space. Loved the well kept hardwood floors and the plaster friezes and frescoes of cherubs and musical instruments that adorn the 20-foot ceilings. This grand room, with its birch floors, is painted in warm, rosy tones to evoke a sense of well being, a priority during the "Gay Nineties". At night, it is nicely lit up.

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