Date Added: 2025

15 properties

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  • Designed by star-chitect Paul Rudolph, this “modern” building by some standards shows the softer, human side of the Brutalist style of the 1960s

    Downtown Providence | Built: 1966-67

  • A wood-frame mid-19th-century church in the heart of Broadway and Federal Hill stood until 1969, almost 100 years

    West Side | Built: 1860 | Demolition: 1969

  • An unassuming commercial building gets a makeover in 2025 as a community gathering space and offices for a new non-profit

    West Side | Built: Circa 1968

  • Two houses will be expanded within the confines of historic character and almost double the number of available apartments

    West Side | Built: ca 1870 and early 1900s

  • A new infill home thoughtfully designed to fit the neighborhood while adhering to modern building practices

    West Side | Built: 2023–2024

  • A 100-year-old theater built at the height of vaudeville, traveling acts, and the advent of movies has had a storied past and gone in and out of business at various times

    West Side | Built: 1926

  • A small summer-time location offering shakes, cold drinks. and ice cream along the East Bay Bike Path

    East Providence, RI | Built: Between 1962 and 1972

  • New apartment construction on a previously vacant lot as part of a larger block of residential renovations

    East Side | Built: 2023–2025

  • A 150-year-old firehouse annex gets a third life as an expanded residence and art studio after a residential conversion in the 1990s

    West Side | Built: circa 1866

  • A handsome, brick double house with a converted commercial space get an additional floor and apartment renovation

    West Side | Built: 1867-68

  • Essay: Providence has 8 historic districts covering over 2,600 documented properties. Staff and volunteers at the Providence Historic Districts Commission review and weigh in on any and all exterior changes in order to determine if they are consistent with the character of the historic district. And we think this semi-public has been working well.

  • A highly decorative example of Art Deco municipal buildings constructed at the height of publically-funded Depression-era projects

    Pawtucket, RI | Built: 1938–1939

  • A large stately building has been converted to 11 apartments as a mix of modern finishes with historic details

    East Side | Built: 1925

  • A mid-century building in an older style is converted from a former rectory to residential apartments

    East Side | Built: 1952

  • A two-unit commercial strip once home to a 100-year-old bakery business is razed in Wayland Square

    East Side | Built: 1960–1961 | Demolition: 2025