The Howland-Gould General Store: Breathing New Life into a Village Landmark

At the heart of many New England villages sits a general store — a place where commerce, community, and conversation wove together the rhythm of daily life. In Hope, Rhode Island, that place was the Howland-Gould General Store. Nearly 200 years later, the building still stands proudly, a granite-and-timber witness to generations of farmers, millworkers, and neighbors who once passed through its doors.