PROVIDENCE – The 1773 cottage where Betsey Williams, the great-great-great-granddaughter of Roger Williams, was born and lived with her sister, Rhoda, has been restored and will be reopened in a celebration on Thursday night.
Upon Betsey Williams’s death in 1871, she bequeathed the structure and 102 acres of surrounding farmland to the city of Providence, which then created Roger Williams Park.
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An opening reception hosted by the Roger Williams Park Conservancy will be held at the cottage from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday. The cottage hasn’t been open to the public for almost 30 years.
The event is free but registration through the Doors Open Rhode Island website is requested at doorsopenri.org/programs.
Mary MacDonald is a staff writer for the PBN. Contact her at macdonald@pbn.com.
