VALERIE TALMAGE is the executive director of Preserve Rhode Island. / COURTESY VALERIE TALMAGE
As executive director of Preserve Rhode Island, Valerie Talmage and colleagues have been working to find unique solutions for historic properties in East Providence, Smithfield and most recently in Lincoln, where the organization revitalized the state’s oldest home and listed the renovated Valentine Whitman House for sale at $539,000. The “stone-ender,” known for an entire…