List: Did You Know?

12 properties

Fun Rhode Island trivia to bore your friends with.

  • A handsome, if not crumbling, three story brick and granite five-sided commercial building at the gateway to Pawtucket’s Downtown

    Pawtucket, RI | Built: 1891
    Added to NRHP: November 2006 | NRHP Reference Number: 06001227 (contributing)

  • Originally located along N. Main & Canal Sts., across from Roger Williams Park, Providence, the last meat-packing plant survived for about 50 years

    Downtown Providence | Built: Between 1926 & 1937 | Demolition: 1984

  • The Red Bridge name has been used with four different bridges connecting Providence and East Providence, but this is the one that “Used To Be There”

    East Providence, RI | Built: 1872 | Demolition: 1977

  • A mapping project to trace the origins and evolution of the Cove Basin north of Downtown and south of Smith Hill, from 1823 to present day

    Downtown Providence,Smith Hill

  • During this park’s 90-year run, it entertained millions of New Englanders as well as people from all over the world.

    Riverside | Built: 1886 | Demolition: 1979
    Added to NRHP: April 21, 1976 | NRHP Reference Number: 76000045

  • The spooky former “School for the Feeble-minded” which decayed for 20 years before being slowly razed building by building.

    Exeter, RI | Built: various buildings, 1909–1965 | Demolition: slowly from 1995 through 2015

  • In use for almost 70 years, the East Side Train tunnel burrows beneath College Hill and once connected Union Station to East Providence

    East Side,College Hill | Built: 1906–1908 | Demolition: 1983

  • Parcel 9: A modern, 13-story glass box reflecting the mall, the Westin, Union Station, and Waterplace park.

    Downtown Providence | Built: 2005-2006

  • This 70-year-old diner car sat on blocks for 10 years before being restored and reopened as a classic breakfast and lunch diner

    West Side | Built: 1947
    Added to NRHP: July 17, 2003 | NRHP Reference Number: 03000657 (individual)

  • This property is actually a tale of three things — competitive cycling, a football stadium, and the Providence Steamroller

    East Side | Built: 1925 | Demolition: 1937

  • A former floating gourmet restaurant moored on South Water Street just outside where the Hot Club is today, before the current boat slips

    Fox Point/India Point | Built: 1920s | Demolition: sunk 1983

  • America’s first designed and purpose-built amusement park was open for only 5 years.

    Riverside | Built: 1907 | Demolition: 1910