Market House, Market Square, Providence, Providence County, RI
Survey number: HABS RI-74 Building/structure dates: 1774 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1939-1940 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72000001
Logan Circle, Vermont Avenue, Rhode Island Avenue, & Thirteenth Street...
Significance: Included as open space on both the L'Enfant and Ellicott plans, this intersection comprised of a large circular reservation flanked by four smaller ones, has features landscaped park land since it... More
Logan Circle, Vermont Avenue, Rhode Island Avenue, & Thirteenth Street...
Significance: Included as open space on both the L'Enfant and Ellicott plans, this intersection comprised of a large circular reservation flanked by four smaller ones, has features landscaped park land since it... More
Newport Casino, 186-202 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI
Significance: The Newport Casino was built in 1880 for James Gordon Bennett, publisher of the "New York Herald." Designed by McKim, Mead, and White, it was the fist of the suburban and resort country clubs whi... More
William Holroyd House, 106 Angell Street, Providence, Providence Count...
Significance: This is a well preserved house built in 1798 with interesting interior detail. Survey number: HABS RI-180 Building/structure dates: 1798 Initial Construction
Thomas Robinson House, 64 Washington Street, Newport, Newport County, ...
Significance: This broad, gambrel-roofed house is one of the best examples of Newport's merchant residences of the 18th century . Due to continuous family ownership since 1761, the interior and exterior retain ... More
Thomas Robinson House, 64 Washington Street, Newport, Newport County, ...
Significance: This broad, gambrel-roofed house is one of the best examples of Newport's merchant residences of the 18th century . Due to continuous family ownership since 1761, the interior and exterior retain ... More
Channing Memorial Church, 135 Pelham Street, Newport, Newport County, ...
Significance: The church was built in 1880 by Elbridge Boyden. The Gothic Revival sanctuary was built for William Ellery Channing, the founder of Unitarianism in America. The major stained glass windows were de... More
Rhode Island Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Significance: Rhode Island Avenue has developed along the lines of L'Enfant's 1791 plan of the city. Toward its southwest end, it features several parks and vistas and traverses two National Register of Histori... More
Providence Biltmore Hotel, 11 Dorrance Street, Providence, Providence ...
Significance: The Providence Biltomore Hotel was by far the most modern structure in Providence at the time of its completion in 1922. It was not only the tallest building in Providence, but its facilities and... More
Tillinghast Tompkins House, 11 Redwood Street, Newport, Newport County...
Significance: This large frame house was built for Tillinghast Tompkins about 1854-1855. It is a well-preserved example of the formal Italianate house of the mid-19th century with a central hall plan and richl... More
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Church Lane (moved from Tower Hill), Wick...
Survey number: HABS RI-45 Building/structure dates: 1707 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1923-1930 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73000009
Captain John Maudsley House, 228 Spring Street, Newport, Newport Count...
Significance: The original (now back) part of the house was constructed around 1680 by Jireh Bull. It had two rooms, and the chamfered summerbeams are still insitu. In the mid eighteenth century, Captain John M... More
Joseph Hale House, 106 George Street, Providence, Providence County, R...
Significance: This is a large brick house, built in 1806, now used as a guest house by Brown University. Survey number: HABS RI-197 Building/structure dates: 1806 Initial Construction National Register of Hi... More
Joseph Hale House, 106 George Street, Providence, Providence County, R...
Significance: This is a large brick house, built in 1806, now used as a guest house by Brown University. Survey number: HABS RI-197 Building/structure dates: 1806 Initial Construction National Register of Hi... More
NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, Control Area, Tucker Hollow Road south of ...
Significance: The Foster NIKE Missile Battery PR-79 Control Area contributes to the significance of the NIKE Missile Battery because it was here that all radar facilities were placed which were used to launch m... More
NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, Control Area, Tucker Hollow Road south of ...
Significance: The Foster NIKE Missile Battery PR-79 Control Area contributes to the significance of the NIKE Missile Battery because it was here that all radar facilities were placed which were used to launch m... More
NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, Control Area, Tucker Hollow Road south of ...
Significance: The Foster NIKE Missile Battery PR-79 Control Area contributes to the significance of the NIKE Missile Battery because it was here that all radar facilities were placed which were used to launch m... 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
George C. Carr Farm, Eldred Avenue & North Road, Jamestown, Newport Co...
Significance: Eldred Avenue (Route 138) is the northern boundary of the Windmill Hill National Register Historic District. The district is significant for its excellently preserved eighteenth and nineteenth ce... More
George C. Carr Farm, Eldred Avenue & North Road, Jamestown, Newport Co...
Significance: Eldred Avenue (Route 138) is the northern boundary of the Windmill Hill National Register Historic District. The district is significant for its excellently preserved eighteenth and nineteenth ce... 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
In Congress, February 15, 1777 : Resolved, that considering the situat...
Signed: By order of Congress, John Hancock, president. Evans 15653 Journals of the Continental Congress, 150 Wheeler, J.T. Maryland, 26 LC copy annotated on verso: A resolve of Congress. That it be recomd. tha... More
Stone Barn, Germantown Pike vicinity, Lower Providence Township, Port ...
Survey number: HABS PA-5258 Public domain photograph - Rhode Island, ruins, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
Benjamin Cushing House, 38 1/2 North Court Street, Providence, Provide...
Significance: "Most of the mid-eighteenth century houses, which once stood along the west side of South Main Street and elsewhere in the then newer sections of town, are gone or dilapidated beyond repair, so th... More
Ralph S. Izard House, 10 Pell Street, Newport, Newport County, RI
Significance: This is one example of a series of large granite houses built in Newport in the mid-nineteenth century. Italianate in character, it is the work of the Newport builder and architect Seth Bradford.... 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
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
Newport Steam Factory, 449 Thames Street, Newport, Newport County, RI
Significance: The Newport Steam Factory is an important surviving example of the nineteenth century industrial development of the Newport waterfront, as well as an interesting large example of early mill constr... More
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
First Congregational Church, 301 Benefit Street, Providence, Providenc...
Significance: This is a large, attractive stone church, built 1815-1816, and designed by an important Providence architect, John Holden Greene. Very few alteration have been made to the church, and the buildin... More
Westerly Station, 14 Railroad Street, Westerly, Washington County, RI
Significance: Built in 1913, Westerly Station is a focal downtown Westerly landmark and an important component of the Westerly Downtown National Register Historic District. The station is a large, ornate examp... More
Westerly Station, 14 Railroad Street, Westerly, Washington County, RI
Significance: Built in 1913, Westerly Station is a focal downtown Westerly landmark and an important component of the Westerly Downtown National Register Historic District. The station is a large, ornate examp... More
Rhode Island Legislature. January session 1839. Reports of the select ...
Page Order: Uncut Quarto Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 169, Folder 1a.
John N. A. Griswold House, 76 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County...
Significance: This is an early and key example of a major style of domestic architecture in America in the second half of the 19th century. It is characterized by open planning, irregular and picturesque massi... More
Fort Adams, Redoubt, Brenton Point, Newport, Newport County, RI
Picryl description: Public domain image of a church, crypt, chamber, underground vault architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Fort Adams, Redoubt, Brenton Point, Newport, Newport County, RI
Picryl description: Public domain image of a church, crypt, chamber, underground vault architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Job Greene House, West Shore Road (Hoxie), Warwick, Kent County, RI
Significance: Although no longer extant, some of the interior work was moved to the Rhode Island School of Design Museum. The original one and one-half story frame house had a stone end chimney; this was folded... More
Longfield, 1200 Hope Street, Bristol, Bristol County, RI
Significance: Longfield was nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in May of 1972. Longfield is significant as a notable and picturesque site and house in Bristol's outskirts. It is a very good... More
Russell Potter House, 26 John Street, Providence, Providence County, R...
Significance: This is a typical example of an early nineteenth century Providence house. Survey number: HABS RI-241 Building/structure dates: ca. 1813 Initial Construction
Colonel Joseph Nightingale House, 357 Benefit Street, Providence, Prov...
Significance: This house was built for Colonel Joseph Nightingale, wealthy partner in a Providence shipping firm, and has been owned by the Brown family since 1814. Built in 1791, this large, three-story frame... More
James Greene House, 698 Buttonwoods Avenue, Buttonwoods, Kent County, ...
Survey number: HABS RI-270 Building/structure dates: ca. 1715 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74000038
Linden Gate, Old Beach Road, Newport, Newport County, RI
Significance: A small, picturesque building with a deep-set balcony and decorative timber and brick work, the Linden Gate Porter's Lodge was part of the Henry G. Marquand estate called Linden Place. The main ho... More
Woonasquatucket Bridge, Spanning Woonasquatucket River, Providence, Pr...
Significance: The bridge, unique in Rhode Island, is historically significant because of its large number of parallel trusses. Survey number: HAER RI-28 Building/structure dates: 1892- 1893 Initial Constru... More
Friends Meeting House, 30 Farewell Street, Newport, Newport County, RI
Significance: Built in 1700, with additions of 1730, 1807, 1857, and 1867, the original (center) portion is an important example of the square hip roofed and turreted structures being built for some thirty year... More
St. Stephen's Church, 114 George Street, Providence, Providence County...
Significance: This Gothic Revival, stone church built in the 1860s, is an example of Richard Upjohn's later work. Survey number: HABS RI-189 Building/structure dates: 1862 Initial Construction National Regis... 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
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
Thomas R. Holden House, 118 Benefit Street, Providence, Providence Cou...
Significance: Built in 1809. This is an example of the less common brick houses on College Hill, and the earliest one standing on this part of Benefit Street. It has been remodeled at various times, and prese... More
Nicholas Carr Farm, Bounded by North, Weeden, & East Shore Roads, Jame...
Significance: Route 138 (Eldred Avenue) is the northern boundary of the Windmill Hill National Register Historic District. The district is significant for its excellently preserved eighteenth and nineteenth ce... More
Micah Spencer House, 85-87 Thames Street, Newport, Newport County, RI
Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Fort Hamilton, Bomb-Proof Barracks, Rose Island, Newport, Newport Coun...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N926 Survey number: HAER RI-58-A Building/structure dates: 1798-1800 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 01001158
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
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
Samuel Tilton House, 12 Sunnyside Place, Newport, Newport County, RI
Significance: This house is an outstanding early building of the architects McKim, Mead, and White. An example of their "Shingle Style" work, it is characterized by open planning and richly textured surfaces on... More
Samuel Tilton House, 12 Sunnyside Place, Newport, Newport County, RI
Significance: This house is an outstanding early building of the architects McKim, Mead, and White. An example of their "Shingle Style" work, it is characterized by open planning and richly textured surfaces on... More
Samuel Tilton House, 12 Sunnyside Place, Newport, Newport County, RI
Significance: This house is an outstanding early building of the architects McKim, Mead, and White. An example of their "Shingle Style" work, it is characterized by open planning and richly textured surfaces on... 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
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
Charles H. Baldwin House, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI
Significance: The work of Potter and Robertson of New York, this is an interesting example of the Shingle Style or American version of the Queen Anne Revival. It is characterized by richly textured, decorative... More
Hazard Block, 405-411 Thames Street, Newport, Newport County, RI
Significance: This three-unit store building with dwellings above is typical of the 1830s and is distinguished by a monitor roof characteristic of local construction. Survey number: HABS RI-379 Building/struc... 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
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
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
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
Grist Mill, State Route 3, East Greenwich, Kent County, RI
Survey number: HABS RI-376 Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Wilkinson Mill, Roosevelt Avenue, Pawtucket, Providence County, RI
Significance: Representative example of an early 19th century mill, the Wilkinson Mill was one of the first mills in the United States to be steam powered. It is also one of the first mills in the country to p... More
Woonasquatucket River Bridge, State Route 104 (Farnum Pike), spanning ...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a road works, construction, excavation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
The Breakers, Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI
Significance: Modeled on the north Italian Villas of Genoa and Turin, "The Breakers" was designed by Richard Morris Hunt. The last of the great Vanderbilt houses he designed, it was erected between 1893 and 18... More
Providence Forge House, U.S. Route 60 (moved to Williamsburg, Virginia...
Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Promenade Street Interlocking Tower, Promenade Street between Union St...
Significance: The structure houses the interlocking n signal equipment which regulates all train movements on the east end of Union Station for the main rail to Boston and for the east side branch to Bristol. ... More
Linden Place, 500 Hope Street, Bristol, Bristol County, RI
Significance: Linden Place, built in 1810 for General George DeWolf, is an outstanding example of the in-town estates built by the merchant elite in the early 19th century. The mansion, in the heart of Bristol... More
Linden Place, 500 Hope Street, Bristol, Bristol County, RI
Significance: Linden Place, built in 1810 for General George DeWolf, is an outstanding example of the in-town estates built by the merchant elite in the early 19th century. The mansion, in the heart of Bristol... More
Linden Place, 500 Hope Street, Bristol, Bristol County, RI
Significance: Linden Place, built in 1810 for General George DeWolf, is an outstanding example of the in-town estates built by the merchant elite in the early 19th century. The mansion, in the heart of Bristol... More
Linden Place, 500 Hope Street, Bristol, Bristol County, RI
Significance: Linden Place, built in 1810 for General George DeWolf, is an outstanding example of the in-town estates built by the merchant elite in the early 19th century. The mansion, in the heart of Bristol... 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
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
Warren Bridge, Spanning Palmer River at State Route 114, Warren, Brist...
Significance: The Warren Bridge is an early example of a reinforced concrete arch bridge. The bridge was designed by Daniel B. Luten's National Bridge Co. of Indianapolis, Indiana. It was determined eligible ... More
(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) Crowded Italian home, 46 Crary St...
Public domain photograph related to child labor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
James Burrough House, 160 Power Street, Providence, Providence County,...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a 19th-century building, Victorian architecture style, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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
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
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
Providence & Worcester Railroad Station, 1 Depot Square, Woonsocket, P...
Significance: This building is the third railroad station on the site and its most notable feature is the "light- weight curved and chamfered wooden brackets that arch well beyond the walls in a series of spoke... More
Providence & Worcester Railroad Station, 1 Depot Square, Woonsocket, P...
Significance: This building is the third railroad station on the site and its most notable feature is the "light- weight curved and chamfered wooden brackets that arch well beyond the walls in a series of spoke... More