Kenyon's Department Store

Rhode Island, United States

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The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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Kenyon's Department Store, built in 1891 in Wakefield, a village in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, represents a striking fusion of Queen Anne and Chicago School architectural styles. Constructed by builders Charles Chase and Harry Lewis for a mercantile business that had operated since 1856, the store occupied a prominent place in a community founded on land donated by William Kenyon. The building exemplifies late nineteenth-century commercial architecture and was recognized for its historical significance when added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. The store operated for over a century before closing in 1996 when the last family descendant retired; the building was subsequently donated to South County Hospital for use as a medical supply store.