The Milk Can, Louisquisset Turnpike, Route 146, Saylesville, Kent Coun...
Significance: The Milk Can is significant for its exemplification of aspects of early twentieth-century commercial and transportation history. It is a characteristic example of a distinctive and fast-disappear... More
Zachariah Carpenter House, 20 Arnold Street, Providence, Providence Co...
Significance: Built about the end of the eighteenth century, this house is somewhat smaller than its neighbors from the same period being four bays wide rather than five, but it preserves many characteristic de... More
Kenyon Village, Kenyon School Road, Sherman Avenue, & Lewiston Avenue,...
Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Cranston Street Armory, Cranston Street, Providence, Providence County...
Significance: General William Walker garnered used his connections from high commission during the Civil War and active interest in military affairs to great effect in garnering four large armories for Rhode Is... More
Cranston Street Armory, Cranston Street, Providence, Providence County...
Significance: General William Walker garnered used his connections from high commission during the Civil War and active interest in military affairs to great effect in garnering four large armories for Rhode Is... More
William Wilkinson House, 69 College Street, Providence, Providence Cou...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-24 Survey number: HABS RI-24 Building/structure dates: 1818 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1954 Demolished
Ashton Viaduct, State Route 116 (Washington Highway) spanning Blacksto...
Significance: The Ashton Viaduct is one of the State of Rhode Island's largest engineering projects. It is a fine example of open spandrel design and, as the northern terminus of the Washington Highway, an imp... More
Rhode Island State House, 90 Smith Street, Providence, Providence Coun...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic Capitol building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Armour & Company Building, 100 Harris Avenue, Providence, Providence C...
Significance: Constructed in 1943, during the final phase of development for the Provisions Warehouse Historic District, the Armour & Company Building is the only contributing building in the district that was ... More
Armour & Company Building, 100 Harris Avenue, Providence, Providence C...
Significance: Constructed in 1943, during the final phase of development for the Provisions Warehouse Historic District, the Armour & Company Building is the only contributing building in the district that was ... More
Woonsocket Company, Number 2 Mill, 115 Front Street, Woonsocket, Provi...
Part of New England Textile Mill Survey, 1967-68, sponsored by HABS, Smithsonian, and Merrimack Valley Textile Museum Significance: Built in 1833, the Woonsocket Company's No. 2 Mill is an unusually fine early ... More
Woonasquatucket River Bridge, State Route 104 (Farnum Pike), spanning ...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Stephen Hopkins House, 12 Hopkins Street, Providence, Providence Count...
Significance: Stephen Hopkins, Governor of Rhode Island, Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, Chancellor of Brown University, member of the Continental Congress, signer of the Declaration of Indepen... More
Stephen Hopkins House, 12 Hopkins Street, Providence, Providence Count...
Significance: Stephen Hopkins, Governor of Rhode Island, Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, Chancellor of Brown University, member of the Continental Congress, signer of the Declaration of Indepen... More
Jeremiah Dexter House, 957 North Main Street, Providence, Providence C...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-6 Survey number: HABS RI-5 Building/structure dates: 1754 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76000046
Eliza Ward House, 2 George Street, Providence, Providence County, RI
Significance: This is a large, brick house, built soon after 1814, with very elegant interiors. Survey number: HABS RI-207 Building/structure dates: after 1814 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ... More
Elder Ballou Meetinghouse, Ballou Meetinghouse Road & West Wrentham Ro...
Significance: In 1940 when the building was assessed by the HABS district officer, Philip Creer, the (Six Principle Baptist Congregation) meeting house was described as having a frame structure with a pitched r... More
Court Street Bridge, Court Street spanning Blackstone River & Truman D...
Significance: The Court Street Bridge is a rare example of a late 19th century steel deck truss. The bridge embodies the following distinctive characteristics of the period: Pratt design, fabrication by an ind... More
Fleur De Lys Studio, 7 Thomas Street, Providence, Providence County, R...
1990 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Fleur de Lys Studio, in Providence, Rhode Island was built in 1885. Designed by Sydney Burleigh, an artist and Edmund Wilson, a Beaux Arts trained archit... More
Valentine Whitman, Jr. House, Great Road & Meetinghouse Road, Lime Roc...
Significance: The district officer for HABS described the building as having a fine framework with chamfering; an end chimney made of stone with a brick top; and a four-room, two deep floor plan. The authors of... More
Merchants Cold Storage Warehouse, 160 Kingsley Avenue, Providence, Pro...
Picryl description: Public domain image related to an industrial revolution, industry history, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
John Carter House, 21 Meeting Street, Providence, Providence County, R...
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Francis W. Goddard House, 71 George Street, Providence, Providence Cou...
Significance: This is one of the larger houses in this area, built for a member of a prominent Providence family, and an example of the houses on College Hill in the 1870s. Survey number: HABS RI-194 Building... More
Edward Dexter House, 72 Waterman Street (moved from George Street), Pr...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-15 Survey number: HABS RI-15 Building/structure dates: 1798 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1860 Subsequent Work National Registe... More
John Reynolds House, 81 Power Street (moved from 31 Benevolent Street)...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential home interior, living room, fireplace, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
First Baptist Meetinghouse, 75 North Main Street, Providence, Providen...
Significance: This is the third meeting house of the first Baptist church in America, founded in 1638 by Roger Williams. The present building, a well-known architectural monument, was built in 1774-1775, and d... More
NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, Launch Area, East Windsor Road south of St...
Significance: The Foster NIKI Missile Battery PR-79 Launch Area contributes to the significance of the NIKE Missile Battery because it was here that missiles were assembled, armed and readied for launching, imp... More
William C. Barker Building, 266-268 South Main Street, Providence, Pro...
Significance: This is an example of a business building from the 1820's, originally with a tailor's shop on the ground floor with his dwelling on the upper floors. Survey number: HABS RI-209 Building/structur... More
Company houses in Ashton, Rhode Island
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
At a Saturday night square dance in Clayville, Rhode Island
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
The iconic Van Wickle Gates at Brown University, one of America's pres...
The ornamental entrance to the main campus was built with the bequest of graduate Augustus Stout Van Wickle, who was president of a bank and several coal corporations. Dedicated in 1901, the gates stand as a sy... More
Floral display near the entrance to the North Burial Ground, a 110-acr...
It was the first public cemetery in Providence. Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:052-3) Forms part o... More
Hand-carved animals at the Looff Carousel in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, ...
The carousel was originally located at Lee Funland in upstate New York and in 1910 it was relocated here, at Pawtucket's Slater Memorial Park, where (as of 2018) it continues to operate. The carousel features a... More
Hand-carved animals at the Looff Carousel in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, ...
The carousel was originally located at Lee Funland in upstate New York and in 1910 it was relocated here, at Pawtucket's Slater Memorial Park, where (as of 2018) it continues to operate. The carousel features a... More
Modern, unnamed fountain sculpture in Providence, the capital of, and ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:052-3) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Ca... More
An elephant keeps a large eye on children playing at the Adventure Pla...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:052-3) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Ca... More
Playful mural in Providence, Rhode Island's, Little Italy section, par...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:052-3) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Ca... More
Dubbed the Gun Totem by its artist, Boris Bally, this most unusual scu...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:052-3) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Ca... More
Plants inside the botanical center that opened in 2007 in the 435-acre...
The park is named for Williams, a theologian and Puritan minister who founded Britain's Rhode Island Colony. Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsm... More
Old industrial buildings in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, including the Ha...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:052-3) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Ca... More
NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, East Windsor Road south of State Route 101...
Significance: The Foster NIKE Missile Battery PR-79 is significant because it is a representative example of NIKE batteries in New England and in Rhode Island. PR-79 is an intact, physical manifestation of Ame... More
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Is...
1890. 38 Sheet(s). Includes Central Falls. Bound. Rhode Island fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of ... More
NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, East Windsor Road south of State Route 101...
Significance: The Foster NIKE Missile Battery PR-79 is significant because it is a representative example of NIKE batteries in New England and in Rhode Island. PR-79 is an intact, physical manifestation of Ame... More
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Woonsocket, Providence County, Rhode I...
Jun 1892. 15 Sheet(s). Rhode Island fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liab... More
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Woonsocket, Providence County, Rhode I...
Jul 1898. 25 Sheet(s). Rhode Island fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liab... More
Providence Union Station, Exchange Terrace, Providence, Providence Cou...
Significance: The station complex was built as part of a massive redesign of the transportation facilities in Providence. The structures remain as monuments to the role they played in the regional rail transpo... More
Providence Union Station, Exchange Terrace, Providence, Providence Cou...
Significance: The station complex was built as part of a massive redesign of the transportation facilities in Providence. The structures remain as monuments to the role they played in the regional rail transpo... More
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Is...
1890. 38 Sheet(s). Includes Central Falls. Bound. Rhode Island fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of ... More
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Is...
1890. 38 Sheet(s). Includes Central Falls. Bound. Rhode Island fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of ... More
Old Buonanno Garage, Crockett Street, Providence, Providence County, R...
Significance: Built in the late nineteenth century for use as a stable, the garage was demolished in 1971. It was three stories in height, with arched windows and a corbelled cornice. The floors and stalls insi... More
Richard Brown House, 587 Rochambeau Avenue, Providence, Providence Cou...
Significance: Earliest known brick house in Providence. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS RI-31 Building/structure dates: 1733 Initial Construction
Exchange Bridge, Spanning Providence River, Providence, Providence Cou...
Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
West Pope House, 97 Williams Street, Providence, Providence County, RI
Picryl description: Public domain image of a portrait of a pope, Catholic church priest, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Kenyon Village, Kenyon School Road, Sherman Avenue, & Lewiston Avenue,...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch stone structure, bridge, or tunnel, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Kenyon Village, Kenyon School Road, Sherman Avenue, & Lewiston Avenue,...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a small school house, rural educational facility, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Friends Meetinghouse, Great Road, Saylesville, Providence County, RI
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-17 Survey number: HABS RI-17 Building/structure dates: 1703 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1740 Subsequent Work
Friends Meetinghouse, Great Road, Saylesville, Providence County, RI
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-17 Survey number: HABS RI-17 Building/structure dates: 1703 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1740 Subsequent Work
Friends Meetinghouse, Great Road, Saylesville, Providence County, RI
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-17 Survey number: HABS RI-17 Building/structure dates: 1703 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1740 Subsequent Work
Edward Carrington House, 66 Williams Street, Providence, Providence Co...
Significance: This brick mansion was the home of General Edward Carrington, a very successful merchant and trader who assembled an outstanding collection of furnishings, including many Chinese things, for this ... More
Providence Sewage Treatment System, Fields Point Plant, Laboratory, Er...
Significance: The laboratory was one of three building erected during the original development of Fields Point as the City of Providence's facility for treatment of sewage using the chemical precipitation proce... More
Blackstone Canal, Blackstone River & Washington Highway (Quinnville), ...
Significance: The Blackstone canal was one of the regions first long distance transportation systems. It was one of the waterways that helped to spawn the industrial development that took place in the Blacksto... More
Widow Anthony Angell House, Louisquisset Pike (State Route 146), Sayle...
Significance: The mid eighteenth-century dwelling house is two stories in height and covered by a gable roof. A wing, one and one-half stories with a gambrel roof, is said to have been built earlier. There is a... More
Stephen Hopkins House, 12 Hopkins Street, Providence, Providence Count...
Significance: Stephen Hopkins, Governor of Rhode Island, Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, Chancellor of Brown University, member of the Continental Congress, signer of the Declaration of Indepen... More
Granite Block, 6-18 Market Square, Providence, Providence County, RI
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-28 Survey number: HABS RI-30 Building/structure dates: 1824 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1939 Demolished
Granite Block, 6-18 Market Square, Providence, Providence County, RI
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-28 Survey number: HABS RI-30 Building/structure dates: 1824 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1939 Demolished
Samuel Westcott House, 240 Benefit Street, Providence, Providence Coun...
Significance: Demolished in 1936, the doorway was moved to the Rhode Island School of Design. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-22 Survey number: HABS RI-25 Building/structure dat... More
Jeremiah Dexter House, 957 North Main Street, Providence, Providence C...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-6 Survey number: HABS RI-5 Building/structure dates: 1754 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76000046
Franklin House Hotel, 32 Market Square, Providence, Providence County,...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-22 Survey number: HABS RI-22 Building/structure dates: 1823 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1935-1936 Demolished
Franklin House Hotel, 32 Market Square, Providence, Providence County,...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-22 Survey number: HABS RI-22 Building/structure dates: 1823 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1935-1936 Demolished
Pidge Tavern, 586 Pawtucket Avenue, Pawtucket, Providence County, RI
Significance: Built in the early eighteenth century, the four-room house was expanded around 1767. The mid century improvements included a six-bay facade and pedimented doorway. The building became a tavern in ... More
Pidge Tavern, 586 Pawtucket Avenue, Pawtucket, Providence County, RI
Significance: Built in the early eighteenth century, the four-room house was expanded around 1767. The mid century improvements included a six-bay facade and pedimented doorway. The building became a tavern in ... More
Thomas P. Ives Stable & Coach House, 66 Power Street, Providence, Prov...
Significance: This brick building is a dependency of one of the large, early mansion in Providence. Survey number: HABS RI-236 Building/structure dates: 1805 Initial Construction National Register of Histori... More
Truman Beckwith House, 42 College Street, Providence, Providence Count...
Significance: This large brick house built in 1827-1828, is an outstanding example of the work of the architect John Holden Greene. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-21 Survey numb... More
Merchants Cold Storage Warehouse, 160 Kingsley Avenue, Providence, Pro...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Edward Dexter House, 72 Waterman Street (moved from George Street), Pr...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-15 Survey number: HABS RI-15 Building/structure dates: 1798 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1860 Subsequent Work National Registe... More
Edward Dexter House, 72 Waterman Street (moved from George Street), Pr...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-15 Survey number: HABS RI-15 Building/structure dates: 1798 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1860 Subsequent Work National Registe... More
Edward Dexter House, 72 Waterman Street (moved from George Street), Pr...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-15 Survey number: HABS RI-15 Building/structure dates: 1798 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1860 Subsequent Work National Registe... More
John Larchar House, 282 Benefit Street, Providence, Providence County,...
Significance: This house, which was designed by John Holden Greene, has always been in the Larchar family. It preserves in excellent condition two sets of Joseph Dufour wallpaper. Unprocessed Field note mater... More
John Larchar House, 282 Benefit Street, Providence, Providence County,...
Significance: This house, which was designed by John Holden Greene, has always been in the Larchar family. It preserves in excellent condition two sets of Joseph Dufour wallpaper. Unprocessed Field note mater... More
John Larchar House, 282 Benefit Street, Providence, Providence County,...
Significance: This house, which was designed by John Holden Greene, has always been in the Larchar family. It preserves in excellent condition two sets of Joseph Dufour wallpaper. Unprocessed Field note mater... More
John Reynolds House, 81 Power Street (moved from 31 Benevolent Street)...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential home interior, living room, fireplace, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
American Screw Company, Stevens Street, Providence, Providence County,...
Significance: This site represents a 19th century industrial complex that, at the time of documentation, was little altered by 20th century development. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structur... More
NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, Launch Area, East Windsor Road south of St...
Significance: The Foster NIKI Missile Battery PR-79 Launch Area contributes to the significance of the NIKE Missile Battery because it was here that missiles were assembled, armed and readied for launching, imp... More
NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, Launch Area, East Windsor Road south of St...
Significance: The Foster NIKI Missile Battery PR-79 Launch Area contributes to the significance of the NIKE Missile Battery because it was here that missiles were assembled, armed and readied for launching, imp... More
Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Ro...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape, farmhouse, pasture, farm field, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
William Ashton, Jr. House, 368 Benefit Street, Providence, Providence ...
Significance: This is an example of a medium-sized frame house of about 1800. It is typical of Providence in its plan and exterior detail, except for the center window on the second floor. The interior detail... More
Old State House, 155 North Main Street, Providence, Providence County,...
Significance: This building is one of the two eighteenth century colony houses in Rhode Island, the other being in Newport. It was one of the seats of Rhode Island government from 1762 until the erection of th... More
Slater Mill, Pawtucket, Providence County, RI
For additional documentation, see also Slater Mill (HABS RI-82). Significance: The Slater Mill was the first successful cotton factory, and the first water powered spinning mill using the Arkwright system of ca... More
Slater Mill, Pawtucket, Providence County, RI
For additional documentation, see also Slater Mill (HABS RI-82). Significance: The Slater Mill was the first successful cotton factory, and the first water powered spinning mill using the Arkwright system of ca... More
Slater Mill, Pawtucket, Providence County, RI
For additional documentation, see also Slater Mill (HABS RI-82). Significance: The Slater Mill was the first successful cotton factory, and the first water powered spinning mill using the Arkwright system of ca... More
Slater Mill, Pawtucket, Providence County, RI
For additional documentation, see also Slater Mill (HABS RI-82). Significance: The Slater Mill was the first successful cotton factory, and the first water powered spinning mill using the Arkwright system of ca... More
India Point Railroad Bridge, Spanning Seekonk River between Providence...
Significance: The India Point Railroad Bridge is one of 25 surviving swing bridges in southern New England, and one of three in Rhode Island. It is an example of early-twentieth-century bridge truss design in ... More
Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak route between CT & MA state lines,...
Survey number: HAER RI-19 Public domain photograph - historical image of Connecticut, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description