List: Broadway-Armory Historic District
11 properties
National Register 74000047, submitted 1974 — The great bulk of the architectural fabric of this district is Victorian. Broadway was connected by horsecar to the downtown and East Side and was, until the turn of the 19th-century, the location of the elaborate estates of Providence’s mercantile and professional “nouveau-riche”.
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A visually-arresting former carriage house and stable behind one of Broadway’s most ornate mansions
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The façade of this simple commercial building was left open for years before finally being finished off in an unattractive manner
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A handsome school building in the middle of a dense neighborhood that will be closing in the spring of 2023
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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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A small, unassuming but nicely detailed brick firehouse from the mid-19th century on Providence’s West Side
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A rare apartment row house with interconnected interior spaces and original details gets a facelift and modern new addition
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A mid-sized 4-story mill of red brick and stucco in the middle of a residential neighborhood became apartments in 2009
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A long fight over the demolition of a former neighborhood school — and a contributing structure to the Broadway-Armory Historic District.
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An elaborate home decorated with “gingerbread” details and the former workshop of notable designers A. & L. Tirocchi is now a collective-run bed & breakfast & artist residency program
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A fire-damaged former church used for many years as a furniture storage facility recently turned into 15 residential units
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A present-day example of early car service culture — white enamelled panels with bright green and red accents and an utilitarian design