In 1907, memorial stones honoring Dr. David B. Birney and John Price Wetherill were put in front of the Thorndike Hotel, which stood where BankNewport is now. The men were summer residents of Jamestown and active in the Jamestown Improvement Society.
The stones were discovered supporting steel lally columns during the 1992 renovation of the Isaac Carr House on Narragansett Avenue. No one knows how they got there or when they were removed from Conanicus Avenue.
The stones are now together again in the garden next to the museum.
