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The Tavern Hall Preservation Society is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to the preservation and upkeep of the Elisha Reynolds House (1738) in Kingston, Rhode Island. The society was originally founded as the Tavern Hall Club in 1911 to foster understanding and cooperation between the people of the Village of Kingston and the nearby Rhode Island State College community. ==Organizational history== The Tavern Hall Preservation Society was founded in 1911 as the Tavern Hall Club by Robert A. Lichtenthaeler and four other professors from Rhode Island State College at the Hagar House on Old North Road in Kingston, Rhode Island to foster understanding and cooperation between the people of the Village of Kingston and the community of students, faculty, administrators and staff at the college. The name of the club was derived from the fact that from 1911 to 1919 the club met at the no longer extant ''Joseph Reynolds' Tavern'' in the west end of the Caleb Wescott House in Kingston.〔 The club was first registered as a corporation with the Secretary of State of Rhode Island on 23 March 1914 with its charter president, Robert A. Lichtenthaeler and the charter board of directors Frank H. Bills, Wilbur E. Dove, George E. Merkle, Lawrence S. Crosby, and Roy B. Cooley as signatories.〔p 660. In: Acts and Resolves of the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, January Session 1915. Office of the RI Secretary of State; E.L. Freeman, State Printers, Providence.〕 The Tavern Hall Club has been the institutional sponsor of Boy Scout Troop 1, Kingston, since its founding in 1923. Troop 1 is now one of the oldest continuously operating boy scout troops in America.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= Boy Scout Troop 1, Kingston, RI )〕 From its earliest days, the Tavern Hall Club has served the community by providing educational programs and social activities for residents of Kingston.〔''Chronology of the Tavern Hall Club and the Tavern Hall Preservation Society,'' pp. 7-19 In: Tavern Hall Preservation Society 100th Anniversary. Tavern Hall Preservation Society, Kingston, RI 21pp.〕 In 1994, the membership voted unanimously to amend the constitution to admit women as full members, and in 1996, the first woman president of the club, Elizabeth L. Indeglia, was elected.〔 Beginning in 2004, the Tavern Hall Club was superseded by the ''Tavern Hall Preservation Society'' through incorporation as a 501-(c)3 not-for-profit corporation dedicated to the preservation of its meeting house,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= RI Preservation and Heritage Commission Grants 2007 )〕 built in 1738 by Elisha Reynolds (1706-1791). Reynolds served as a colonel in the militia and was a judge of the Court Martial during the French and Indian War,〔p. 116 In: Chapin, H.M. (1918). A List of Rhode Island Soldiers and Sailors in the French and Indian War 1755-1762. Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence. ( web version )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= Elisha Reynolds Papers )〕 and was a signatory on the Charter of Brown University in 1768.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Charter of Brown University )〕 The Reynolds House is one of the oldest continuously occupied buildings in the village. The year 2011 was marked by a centennial celebration by the society.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''Tavern Hall group celebrates its 100th anniversary'' by Arline A. Fleming )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tavern Hall Preservation Society」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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