Architects: William R. Walker and Son
11 properties
An American architectural firm active during the years 1881 to 1938. It included partners William Russell Walker, William Howard Walker, and later, William Russell Walker II. An earlier partnership was Walker & Gould with Thomas J. Gould. Throughout the firm’s history, it was known for its educational buildings. Source: Wikipedia
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A former department store turned rock club venue turned loft apartments whose conversion contributed to making Downtown Providence bustle again
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A more than century old ornate schoolhouse has been converted to fourteen apartments as part of the nearby Slater Cotton development
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Closed in 1981, this William R. Walker and Son-designed church was vacant for over 20 years before neglect contributed to its demise.
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An elaborate four and a half story Medieval Gothic armory has been plagued by underutilization for the past 20 years
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At only 12 1/2 feet deep, the George Arnold building is an anomoly in the Downtown Historic District
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A turn-of-the-century hotel with intact, 100-year old wood panelled bar enhanced by stained-glass windows and decorative terra cotta
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A decaying former banking hall with high cielings and an interior stained-glass lit dome shrouded in copper
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A soon-to-be-100-year-old movie theater went through a tumultous rebirth over a decade, and may now yet again be on the brink of something new
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A massive, Romanesque-revival style, granite and brick masonry building with an interior Drill Hall clearspan space of 80 by 140 feet
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A sliver of an 1829 structure survives under this turn-of-the-20th-century vaudeville theatre turned movie house turned commercial storefronts
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A 30-year-vacant 19th-century schoolhouse gets a new life as residential apartments