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Photo depicts dedicatory inscription in the stone below the bronze

Front steps and garden of Hale Library

Photo of blackboard at Hale Library

Interior view of Hale stained glass window

Outdoor sign with Robert Beverly Hale Library hours and South Kingstown Public Library trees logo

Boxes of books for sale

Library logo highway sign in context, on Route 1, Matunuck RI

Photograph taken at the Dedication of the Great Swamp Monument, South Kingstown, RI, 1906

The South Kingstown Town Seal was adopted at a Town Meeting on May 16, 1893, as shown on Page 337 of the Town Meeting Book, 1868-1919

An imprint of the reverse side of the South Kingstown Town Seal is shown in the Town Council Minutes of May 27, 1892.

An imprint of side 1 of the South Kingstown Town Seal is shown on Page 425 of the Town Council Meeting Minutes, May 27, 1892

Page 327, South Kingstown Town Meetings

Page 261 of the South Kingstown Town Meeting Book, 1868-1919, contains the first mention of a town seal.

Memorial plaque to Esther Bernon Carpenter (1848-1893), a Hazard family relative known for her writings on local history and her correspondence with Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809-1894). Bronze mounted on oak, 1894.

Oil painting in ornate gilt frame of the Rev. J. Lewis Diman, D.D. (1831-1881), Hazard family friend and Professor at Brown University. Gift of Rowland Hazard (1829-1898) in December 1893. Diman tutored Caroline Hazard (1856-1945), who compiled a…

Newel post on main staircase. Of cypress, with low-relief carvings of flowers and curlicues, topped by a distinctively ridged finial.

Marble bust of Rowland Gibson Hazard (1801-1888) on pedestal, displayed on dedicated granite ledge. The Hazard Memorial (also known as Peace Dale Library) was built in Hazard's memory and dedicated to him.

The provenance of these antlers is not known, but they could have been captured by Rowland Hazard III (1881-1945). He and the Rev. J. Warner Fobes (1860-1920) made a 1903 trip to Alaska's Kenai Peninsula that RH III spoke about at Fobes' memorial…

Closeup view of granite steps at original entryway