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Woonsocket Depot, Woonsocket, R.I.
Designed for the Providence and Worcester Railroad, the Woonsocket Depot is an elaborately decorated brick building which was the finest on-line passenger depot on the P&W line. It replaced the original 1847 depot (which was destroyed by fire) in…
Betsy Williams Cottage and Monument, Roger Williams Park, Providence, R.I.
In accordance with the will of Betsy Williams, the great-great-great-granddaughter, and last surviving descendant of the founder to own the land, the land for the park was a gift to the people of Providence in 1871. It had been the family farm and…
Union Village, Woonsocket, R.I.
Union Village was originally named Bank Village, and was the site of the first bank in northern Rhode Island,in 1805. The area was part of the original Edward Inman-John Mowry purchase from the Native Americans in 1666. Richard Arnold Jr. settled in…
The Band Concert, Roger Williams Park, Providence, R.I.
Roger Williams Park, in the southern part of the city of Providence is an elaborately landscaped 427-acre city park and is a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The park is named after the founder of the city of…
Tennis Court, Y.W.C.A. Summer Camp, Conanicut Park, R.I.
A view of a tennis court in Conanicut Park, located in Jamestown, Rhode Island.
Located in the southeast corner of Conanicut Park, the old Hopkins farmhouse, which was acquired by the Providence YWCA became the Seaside Cottage to provide healthful…
Located in the southeast corner of Conanicut Park, the old Hopkins farmhouse, which was acquired by the Providence YWCA became the Seaside Cottage to provide healthful…
Spouting Rock, Newport, R.I.
Bailey's Beach in Newport was founded in the 1890s after new trolley service gave mill workers from Fall River ready access to Easton's Beach, a wide expanse closer to downtown Newport that the well-to-do had claimed as their own. Not wishing to…
Slater Bridge, Blackstone River, Woonsocket, R.I.
A view overlooking the Blackstone River, Slater Bridge, and textile mills. Slater Bridge was named for Samuel Slater, considered by many to be the father of the Industrial Revolution in the United States.
Shooting the Chutes, Crescent Park, near Providence, R.I.
One of the many amusement rides at Crescent Park. For a complete description of Crescent Park, please see the viewcard On the Lawn at Crescent Park, R.I.
Interior of Dancing Hall, Rhodes on the Pawtuxet, R.I.
The Pawtuxet Gazebo (c.1880) and the Ballroom (1915) are the only extant buildings of what was formerly an even larger complex of recreational and social facilities located just north of Pawtuxet Village, on the northern bank of the Pawtuxet River in…