The Newest Updates from 315 total properties

Chinese Restuarants

Jan 20 Added an anecdote from Don and Ken Kowalski

Several family owned chinese restaurants want to hear from you about your memories and experiences at their fine establishments.

372 West Fountain Street

Jan 20 Added an anecdote from Kathleen Bagley

Built 1925, photos starting July 2006.

Edgewood Yacht

Jan 20 Added an anecdote from Lesley Maxwell

Built 1908, Murphy, Hindle & Wright, architects. Destroyed by fire January 12, 2011.

Rau Fastner

Jan 20 Added an anecdote from Edward Verdelotti

Built 1917, photos starting January 2003. A project of the West Elmwood Housing Development Corporation. Redevelopment architects Durkee Brown.

Chinese Restuarants

Jan 20 Added an anecdote from Kathleen Bagley

RI Tool

Dec 21 Added an anecdote from Sandra

Built 1861, photos starting April 2003. Changed ownership in March 2003, and redeveloped into medical office space.

Fort Adams

Dec 21 Added an anecdote from Catherine Smith-DuGay

Built 1799, vacant since the 1950s. The Fort is under the control of the Ft Adams State Trust, a 501c3 organization that is dedicated to restoring portions of the fort for public use.

Ocean State Steel

Dec 21 Added an anecdote from Peter Parise

Built ??, photos Feb – Mar 2004. Demolished March 2004

Feldman Furniture

Dec 21 Added an anecdote from Edward Kelley

Built 1892, and altered mid to late 20th century. Photos starting 2006.

RI Auditorium

Nov 20 Added an anecdote from Thomas Rabczak

Built 1926, photos from the RI Reds web site, the artist Rittman, and Tucker Terzian.

Loutit Laundry

Nov 20 Added an anecdote from Charles Hebert

Built app. 1906 and vacant since 1987. The WBNA has plans to redevelop this building, which has been plagued by fire and decay.

Narragansett Race Track

Nov 20 Added an anecdote from Carol Thomas and Carlton Vose

Racetrack, clubhouse, stables, and grandstands built 1934 and closed 1978. Photos starting March 2009. Grandstands are still open as a Building 19 discount store. Most of the other structures were lost to fires.

Union Wadding

Nov 20 Added an anecdote from Carol Thomas

Built 1847 and 1870, vacated in 2005. Photos starting April 2007. Owned by First National Development for the conversion into apartments. Conversion began slowly in 2008 and continued into 2009 and 2010. Fire destroyed half of the complex on October 13, 2010.

Anderson Little

Nov 20 Added an anecdote from Pankaj

Built ?? and vacant since ??. Photos starting 2003. Demolition starting December 2009. Part of a once-bustling commercial district on North Main Street near the Pawtucket border.

Gorham Silver

Nov 20 Added an anecdote from Ray Pouliot

Built 1890, demolition began on January 3, 1998. Photos by Erik Gould, 1997-98. National Historic Register designation. Replaced with a sort-lived Stop and Shop.

Chinese Restaurants

Jul 20 Added an anecdote from Lori Ann DiSandro and Karan