Washington, Rhode Island

Washington is a village within the town of Coventry in Kent County, Rhode Island,[1] and is part of the Pawtuxet River Valley  [Wikidata].

It was re-settled after the War and named Braytontown after a local family, the Braytons, who resided in the Paine House which is "the oldest surviving building in the village of Washington and was once a Tavern.

Today the Paine House is home to the Western Rhode Island Civic Historical Society.

[2] The Hartford, Providence, and Fishkill Railroad maintained a train depot and other buildings near Station Street and along the bike path.

When the Flat River Road was widened the village-like character of the area changed drastically.