Peleg Arnold Tavern

Infobox_nrhp | name =Arnold, Peleg, Tavern
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caption = Peleg Arnold Tavern
location= Union Village, Rhode Island
lat_degrees = 41
lat_minutes = 59
lat_seconds = 21
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 71
long_minutes = 32
long_seconds = 2
long_direction = W
locmapin = Rhode Island
area =
architect= Unknown
architecture= No Style Listed
added = July 30, 1974
governing_body = Private
refnum=74000046cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] The Peleg Arnold Tavern off Great Road in Union Village in North Smithfield, Rhode Island was built around 1690 and is one the oldest homes in North Smithfield. Peleg Arnold was a justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court and representative to the Continental Congress. Arnold's popular tavern served as center of American military operations in the town during the American Revolution.

References

*Walter Nebiker, "The History of North Smithfield" (Somersworth, NH: New England History Press, 1976).
*Edward Field, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations at the End of the Nineteenth Century, (Mason Pub. Co., RI: 1902), 646-649. [http://books.google.com/books?id=VRQmCRrnEMQC&pg=PA646&dq=%22peleg+arnold+tavern%22#PPA647,M1]

See also

* List of Registered Historic Places in Rhode Island