About Stephen Venuti

Stephen Venuti is a former president of the Barrington Preservation Society (BPS) and has written several articles for the BPS Newsletter on Barrington's colonial history. He is also the author of the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities Rhode Tour article series titled Taverns to Temperance - A Spirited Tour of Old Barrington Village. He has been part of the team overseeing the archeological study of the Nockum Hill property, owned by the town of Barrington, for years. Venuti made a presentation to the Barrington Town Council to preserve and protect the Nockum Hill site in November 2025. He is the current chair of the BPS Nockum Hill Cultural Resource Management Committee.