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Terminal Building, 184 Kinsley Avenue & 11-25 Terminal Way, Providence, Providence County, RI

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Terminal Building, 184 Kinsley Avenue & 11-25 Terminal Way, Providence, Providence County, RI

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Summary

Significance: The Terminal Building is significant for its associations with the development of the Provisions Warehouse District of Providence. It was constructed in 1917 by the Merchants' Cold Storage & Warehouse Company to supplement the dry storage capacity of its neighboring cold storage facility. The building is also significant as an example of work by noted local engineers Jenks & Ballou, and builders Willmarth-MacKillop, Inc.
Survey number: HABS RI-412
Building/structure dates: 1917 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: ca. 1985 Subsequent Work

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Date

1933 - 1970
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Jenks & Ballou
Willmarth-MacKillop, Incorporated
Public Archeology Laboratory, Incorporated, contractor
Alfson, Mary, transmitter
Brewster, Robert, photographer
Avery, Nicolas C, historian
Olausen, Stephen, historian
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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