St. Anne's Gymnasium, 74 Cumberland Street, Woonsocket, Providence Cou...
Significance: Built in 1894, it was designed by F. Walter Fontaine, one of the leading architects of the community. The building has served as a cultural, social, and athletic center for the French-Canadian com... More
St. Anne's Gymnasium, 74 Cumberland Street, Woonsocket, Providence Cou...
Significance: Built in 1894, it was designed by F. Walter Fontaine, one of the leading architects of the community. The building has served as a cultural, social, and athletic center for the French-Canadian com... More
Thomas A. Jenckes House, 2 Angell Street, Providence, Providence Count...
Significance: This is a large, brick house, built in the 1850s. It was the home of Congressman Thomas A. Jenckes. Survey number: HABS RI-214 Building/structure dates: ca. 1856 Initial Construction
Gaspee Street Bridge, Gaspee Street at Providence Union Station Viaduc...
Significance: The bridge is historically significant as part of the station viaduct which contributed to the regional transportation network. Unique construction techniques make the structure significant for i... More
Seril Dodge House, 10 Thomas Street, Providence, Providence County, RI
Significance: This frame house is a typical example of the smaller buildings of the period, with unusually fine detail in the stairway and the mantels. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure... More
Seril Dodge House, 10 Thomas Street, Providence, Providence County, RI
Significance: This frame house is a typical example of the smaller buildings of the period, with unusually fine detail in the stairway and the mantels. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure... More
Kenyon Village, Kenyon School Road, Sherman Avenue, & Lewiston Avenue,...
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Kenyon Village, Kenyon School Road, Sherman Avenue, & Lewiston Avenue,...
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Stillwater Road Bridge, Spanning Woonasquatucket River at Stillwater R...
Significance: The Stillwater Road Bridge No. 949 is an excellent example of a nineteenth century lenticular wrought-iron truss bridge. The lenticular truss was a patented design built exclusively by the Berlin... More
Stillwater Road Bridge, Spanning Woonasquatucket River at Stillwater R...
Significance: The Stillwater Road Bridge No. 949 is an excellent example of a nineteenth century lenticular wrought-iron truss bridge. The lenticular truss was a patented design built exclusively by the Berlin... More
Nathan Mason House, 34 Arnold Street, Providence, Providence County, R...
Significance: This is a small frame house, typical of the 1840s. Survey number: HABS RI-215 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction
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
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
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
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
Henry A. Dike House, 101 Prospect Street, Providence, Providence Count...
Significance: This is an example of a large, elegant house of the 1860s. It has been the home of several locally prominent people including Albert Harkness, Stephen Metcalf, and the present owner. Survey numb... More
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[The Lake, Roger Williams Park, Providence, Rhode Island]
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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
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
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
In the bright days to come - Public domain American sheet music, 1874
From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)
The Arcade, 130 Westminster Street, Providence, Providence County, RI
Significance: This is a well-preserved example of an early nineteenth century business arcade, and an important, early example of the Greek Revival in Rhode Island. Survey number: HABS RI-206 Building/structu... More
World War I Monument, Memorial Square, Providence, Providence County, ...
Significance: The World War I Monument (1929), designed by noted architect Paul P. Cret and sculpted by Carl P. Jennewien, reflects the late 1920's popularity of Greek Revivalism in the use of a Doric column as... More
World War I Monument, Memorial Square, Providence, Providence County, ...
Significance: The World War I Monument (1929), designed by noted architect Paul P. Cret and sculpted by Carl P. Jennewien, reflects the late 1920's popularity of Greek Revivalism in the use of a Doric column as... More
Allendale Mill, 494 Woonasquatucket Avenue, Centerdale, Providence Cou...
Part of New England Textile Mill Survey, 1967-68, sponsored by HABS, Smithsonian, and Merrimack Valley Textile Museum Significance: The Allendale Mill was built in 1822 by Zachariah Allen for the manufacture of... More
Francis Street Bridge, Beneath Providence Union Station & Viaduct, Pro...
Significance: The bridge is historically significant as part of the station viaduct which contributed to the regional rail transportation network. Unique construction techniques make the structure significant ... More
Francis Street Bridge, Beneath Providence Union Station & Viaduct, Pro...
Significance: The bridge is historically significant as part of the station viaduct which contributed to the regional rail transportation network. Unique construction techniques make the structure significant ... More
Francis Street Bridge, Beneath Providence Union Station & Viaduct, Pro...
Significance: The bridge is historically significant as part of the station viaduct which contributed to the regional rail transportation network. Unique construction techniques make the structure significant ... More
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
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
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
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
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
East Side Railroad Tunnel, Benefit Street to Seekonk River, Providence...
Significance: The tunnel and viaduct connected all railroad traffic from Fall River, Massachusetts, and the eastern shore of the Narragansett Bay with the main shoreline route of the New York, New Haven & Hartf... More
Plante Grist Mill, U.S. Route 44, Chepachet, Providence County, RI
Significance: The Plante Grist Mill is a typical example of owner built mill structures that could be found all over New England during the mid-19th century. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this str... More
Plante Grist Mill, U.S. Route 44, Chepachet, Providence County, RI
Significance: The Plante Grist Mill is a typical example of owner built mill structures that could be found all over New England during the mid-19th century. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this str... More
Plante Grist Mill, U.S. Route 44, Chepachet, Providence County, RI
Significance: The Plante Grist Mill is a typical example of owner built mill structures that could be found all over New England during the mid-19th century. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this str... More
Plante Grist Mill, U.S. Route 44, Chepachet, Providence County, RI
Significance: The Plante Grist Mill is a typical example of owner built mill structures that could be found all over New England during the mid-19th century. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this str... More
Woonasquatucket River Bridge, State Route 104 (Farnum Pike), spanning ...
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Woonasquatucket River Bridge, State Route 104 (Farnum Pike), spanning ...
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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
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
Eleazer Whipple House, Great Road, Lime Rock, Providence County, RI
Significance: The small house, a Rhode Island "stone ender" became an inn known as Mowry Tavern. It was expanded linearly in the nineteenth century, and a front porch was added. Survey number: HABS RI-95 Bui... More
Providence Sewage Treatment System, Washington Park Pumping Station, S...
Significance: Washington Park Pumping Station is historically and functionally associated with the operation of sewage treatment facilities in Providence. Its construction illustrates the continuing expansion ... More
General Ambrose Burnside House, 314 Benefit Street, Providence, Provid...
Significance: This house was built for General Ambrose Burnside, Civil War hero, wealthy industrialist, Governor of Rhode Island, and Senator from Rhode Island. It is an early work in Providence by Alfred Ston... 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
Providence Sewage Treatment System, Ernest Street Pumping Station, Eng...
Significance: The Ernest Street Pumping Station Engine House was the principal structure within the three-building complex constructed in 1895-6 to pump sewage directly to Providence's Fields Point Plant for tr... More
Governor Elisha Brown House, 537 North Main Street, Providence, Provid...
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Golden Ball Inn, 159 Benefit Street, Providence, Providence County, RI
Survey number: HABS RI-73 Building/structure dates: 1783 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1820 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1941 Subsequent Work
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
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
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
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
Nathan Mason House, 33 Arnold Street, Providence, Providence County, R...
Significance: This frame house, built in the 1840s, is representative of the Greek Revival influence on Providence houses. Survey number: HABS RI-182 Building/structure dates: 1847 Initial Construction
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
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
Blackstone Canal, Front Street & Lonsdale Avenue (Lonsdale), Lonsdale,...
Significance: As one of the region's first long-distance transportation systems, the Blackstone Canal was one of the waterways that helped to spawn the industrial development that took place in the Blackstone V... More
Cyrus Ellis House, 31 John Street, Providence, Providence County, RI
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Cyrus Ellis House, 31 John Street, Providence, Providence County, RI
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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
John Brown House, 52 Power Street, Providence, Providence County, RI
Survey number: HABS RI-75 Building/structure dates: 1788 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 68000007
D. T. Dudley & Son Company, Main Shop, Providence Road, Wilkinsonville...
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Thomas Fenner House, 1538 Plainfield Street, Thornton, Providence Coun...
Significance: The Thomas Fenner House is an example of a Rhode Island frame house with the stone of the chimney exposed at one end (i.e., the stone ender). Survey number: HABS RI-72 Building/structure dates: ... More
Thomas Fenner House, 1538 Plainfield Street, Thornton, Providence Coun...
Significance: The Thomas Fenner House is an example of a Rhode Island frame house with the stone of the chimney exposed at one end (i.e., the stone ender). Survey number: HABS RI-72 Building/structure dates: ... More
Thomas Fenner House, 1538 Plainfield Street, Thornton, Providence Coun...
Significance: The Thomas Fenner House is an example of a Rhode Island frame house with the stone of the chimney exposed at one end (i.e., the stone ender). Survey number: HABS RI-72 Building/structure dates: ... More
William Antram House, 953 1/2 Smith Street, Providence, Providence Cou...
Survey number: HABS RI-381 Public domain photograph of architectural diagram, building plan, section, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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
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
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
George Benson House, 64 Angell Street, Providence, Providence County, ...
Significance: This dwelling was built for Captain George Benson, a prominent Providence merchant at the end of the eighteenth century. Built in 1797, this house is characteristic of the conservative, but elega... More
Merchants Cold Storage Warehouse, 160 Kingsley Avenue, Providence, Pro...
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Terminal Building, 184 Kinsley Avenue & 11-25 Terminal Way, Providence...
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 & Ware... More
Terminal Building, 184 Kinsley Avenue & 11-25 Terminal Way, Providence...
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 & Ware... More
John Tripp House, (moved from 953 1/2 Manton Avenue, Manton), Manton,...
Significance: One of two surviving stone-enders in Newport, the John Tripp House dates to the eighteenth century and was moved from Providence in the 1960s and reconstructed on its present site. The beehive ove... More
John Carter House, 21 Meeting Street, Providence, Providence County, R...
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Providence Sewage Treatment System, Fields Point Plant, Return Sludge ...
Significance: Built in 1934-35, this building is directly associated with the conversion of Providence's Fields Point Sewage Treatment Plant from the chemical precipitation process to the activated sludge proc... More
(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) Overcrowded home of workers in co...
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John Jenckes House, 43 Benefit Street, Providence, Providence County, ...
Significance: Built in 1774, this house is one of the few large gambrel-roofed wooden buildings left in Providence. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-13 Survey number: HABS RI-12 ... More
George H. Corliss House, 45 Prospect Street, Providence, Providence Co...
Significance: This is a large brick house, the home of George H. Corliss, a prominent Providence industrialist. Survey number: HABS RI-229 Building/structure dates: 1873-1883 Initial Construction
George H. Corliss House, 45 Prospect Street, Providence, Providence Co...
Significance: This is a large brick house, the home of George H. Corliss, a prominent Providence industrialist. Survey number: HABS RI-229 Building/structure dates: 1873-1883 Initial Construction
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
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
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)...
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