Y.M.C.A., Pawtucket, Rhode Island
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V. F. W. model gift home of 1952
Open daily June 14 thru Sept. 27. Free public inspection. Official hostesses in attendance. Completely furnished and decorated by the Outlet Company. Valued at $40,000 with plot and free and clear of all encumb... More
"Front Campus" Brown University, Providence, R.I.
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Main Street, looking east, Pawtucket, R.I.
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George & Smith Owen Building, 9 Steeple Street, Providence, Providence...
Significance: This is an example of a small, mid-nineteenth century commercial building, originally a place of business for several jewelry manufacturers. Survey number: HABS RI-256 Building/structure dates: ... More
Exchange Coffee House, 1-5 Market Square, Providence, Providence Count...
Survey number: HABS RI-98 Building/structure dates: 1750 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Demolished
Providence, Rhode Island. Outhouse on bay shore after a New England hu...
Title and other information from print in lot. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Christmas trees for sale at the market. Providence, 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
Mr. Tucker is the police department of Clayville, Rhode Island. He run...
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 House of Representatives chamber at Rhode Island State House, the ...
Designed by the New York architectural firm of McKim, Mead, and White and constructed from 1895 to 1904, it is Rhode Island's seventh state house and the second in Providence. Title, date and keywords based on ... More
The Holy Ghost Roman Catholic Church in the Little Italy section of th...
The congregation was established in 1889 to serve the spirituality of the new Italian immigrants at the turn of the 19th century. The church building dates to 1909. Title, date and keywords based on information... More
Inside the botanical center that opened in 2007 in the 435-acre Roger ...
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
Sign for the old Rte. 146 drive-in-movie theater in North Smithfield, ...
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
Sheltered footbridge at the 435-acre Roger Williams Park in Providence...
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
Liberty Arming the Patriot, sometimes called Freedom Arming the Patrio...
The sculpture depicts a young farmer setting his plow aside and reaching to take a sword from a classical female figure clad in breastplate and wielding a pike. Title, date and keywords based on information pro... More
Part of the old mill district in Woonsocket, Rhode Island
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
Albion Bridge, School Street, Spanning Blackstone River, Cumberland, P...
Survey number: HAER RI-21 Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Albion Bridge, School Street, Spanning Blackstone River, Cumberland, P...
Survey number: HAER RI-21 Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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 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
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
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
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
Providence River from Westminster Street, Stereoscope Card
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Old ladies home - Providence, R.I., Stereoscope Card
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Mathewson Street, with four churches, Stereoscope Card
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Rev. Dr. Hall's Church, Stereoscope Card
reverse side of stereoscopic card
First Congl Church late Dr. Hall
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Interior of Grace Church Providence, Stereoscope Card
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Greetings from Providence (State Normal School, Y.M.C.A. building, new...
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New Y.M.C.A. building Providence, R.I.
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Y.M.C.A. bldg., Providence, R. I.
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Y.M.C.A., Pawtucket, Rhode Island
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New Y.M.C.A. building, Providence, R.I.
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Young Men's Christian Association, Providence, R.I.
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Maps of Providence, R.I., 1650, 1765, 1770
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Maps of Providence, R.I., 1650, 1765, 1770
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Blackstone Canal, Charles & Randall Streets, Canal & Haymarket Streets...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a canal, barge, historic place, water reflection, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Thomas Clemence House, 38 George Waterman Road, North Providence, Prov...
Photograph #19 was not digitized along with the rest of the first photo set (#1-19) because it is a duplicate of one of the measured drawings. See sheet 11 instead. Significance: This house, now restored and o... More
Edward Searle House, 107 Wilbur Avenue, Oaklawn, Providence County, RI
Significance: The original part of the house was constructed in the fourth quarter of the seventeenth century but the two-story, five-bay main block with a central chimney plan and gable roof was not built unti... More
Clinton Mill, 93 Clinton Street, Woonsocket, Providence County, RI
Part of New England Textile Mill Survey, 1967-68, sponsored by HABS, Smithsonian, and Merrimack Valley Textile Museum Significance: The Clinton Mill is typical of the large stone cotton textile mills of Rhode I... More
Joseph Smith House, 109 Cushing Street, North Providence, Providence C...
Significance: The earliest house on the site was built before 1675. It was a stone-ender, one and one-half stories in height. Destroyed during King Philip's War, Joseph Smith used the old foundation and chimney... More
Nicholas Brown House, 29 South Main Street, Providence, Providence Cou...
Survey number: HABS RI-99 Building/structure dates: ca. 1759 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1930 Demolished
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
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
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
Seth Adams House, 26 Benevolent Street, Providence, Providence County,...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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.
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
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
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
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
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
Governor Elisha Brown House, 537 North Main Street, Providence, Provid...
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Governor Elisha Brown House, 537 North Main Street, Providence, Provid...
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
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
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
Wheaton & Anthony Building (Second), 75 Westminster Street, Providence...
Significance: Built in 1872, the Second Wheaton and Anthony Building was designed by the locally prominent architectural firm of Stone and Carpenter in the Second Empire style. One of the earliest cast iron fa... 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 L. Brown House, 23 John Street, Providence, Providence County,...
Significance: This is a typical example of a two-story frame house, built at the end of the 18th century. The Greek Revival doorway, with pediment and top light, was added later. Survey number: HABS RI-225 Bu... 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...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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
Solomon Townsend House, 35 Charles Field Street, Providence, Providenc...
Significance: This is an example of a medium-sized house built in the late 1820s. Survey number: HABS RI-221 Building/structure dates: 1830 Initial Construction
Samuel Warner House, 362 South Main Street, Providence, Providence Cou...
Significance: The two-story house was constructed in the early 1770s and was embellished with a pedimented doorway around 1800. It was later raised above a store. The building has since been demolished. Unproc... 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)...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 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
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
Westminster St, Stereoscope Card. Rhode Island, 19th century.
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Cottage R W Park, Stereoscope Card
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Hope Pumping Station, Stereoscope Card. Rhode Island, 19th century.
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First Universalist Church (on right) cor. Westminster & Union Sts. Pro...
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Broad Street, Stereoscope Card. Rhode Island, 19th century.
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R W Park, Stereoscope Card. Rhode Island, 19th century.
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First Congl Church late Dr. Hall
Public domain photograph - 19th-century stereoscopic card, view, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
View of a plaza and buildings in Providence, R.I.
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![Point st[reet] Bridge, Sterescope Card, Boston Public Library](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTAvMDEvMDEvcG9pbnQtc3RyZWV0LWJyaWRnZS0wMWIzMjQtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/20/webp "Point st[reet] Bridge, Sterescope Card, Boston Public Library")
Point st[reet] Bridge, Sterescope Card, Boston Public Library
Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Rhode Island, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Estate of Mr. Frank Sayles Esq.
reverse side of stereoscopic card
Exterior of F. S. Weeks, Jr. House Furnishing Goods store
Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
New bridge Feb. 21, 1876, Stereoscope Card
Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Congdon St., Prov., Stereoscope Card. Rhode Island, 19th century.
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Pawtucket, R. I. -- the old Miller Block
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Westminster St, Stereoscope Card. Rhode Island, 19th century.
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Home for Aged Women, Stereoscope Card
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Monument, Stereoscope Card. Rhode Island, 19th century.
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A map of the town of Providence from actual survey
Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More
A bird's-eye view of Providence : showing the new railroad station and...
Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.