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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Roger Mowry
Tavern (also known as the Roger Mowry House or Olney House) was a
historic stone ender house, built around 1653, in Providence, Rhode
Island. It was the oldest house in Providence, Rhode Island until it was
demolished in 1900.Roger Mowry, an early settler in Providence, built
the house around 1653 according to research by Norman Isham. Mowry was a
constable and operated the only tavern in the town. The tavern also
served as a government meeting place, church, and jail. The Mowry Tavern
was allegedly one of only five buildings not burned by the Indians
during King Philip's War because Roger Williams, a friend of the
Indians, held Christian worship services there. The house was located on
Abbott Street adjacent to North Burial Ground and was demolished in 1900
so a triple decker tenement house could be constructed on its site.
