List: Historic American Building Survey/Historic American Engineering Record

22 properties

Properties surveyed and documented by the HABS/HAER and with assets available from the Library of Congress — HABS and HAER links.

  • An amazingly dense complex of mill structures dating from the mid-1800s and in use for over 100 years before succumbing to two large fires in the midst of plans to redevelop

    College Hill | Built: 1840–1873 | Demolition: 1971
    Added to NRHP: 1970 | NRHP Reference Number: 709380013 (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

  • A 250+ year old home belonging to one of the captain’s that took part in the burning of the Gaspee

    Fox Point/India Point | Built: circa 1767

  • One of the oldest industrial buildings in the state with a rich history that continues to this day

    College Hill | Built: 1793 et. seq., 1847

  • A low-slung, semi-circular mid-century modern transportation hub in downtown Providence.

    Downtown Providence | Built: 1963 | Demolition: circa 1992

  • 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

  • A striking 3-story mansard former office building for a larger manufacturing complex of woven goods turned into various small office spaces

    Charles | Built: 1869
    Added to NRHP: 1970 | NRHP Reference Number: 709380013 (contributing)

  • An enormous granite, brick, and steel early 19th-century military fortification guarding the entrance to Narragansett Bay

    Newport, RI | Built: 1824–1857
    Added to NRHP: July 1970 | NRHP Reference Number: 70000014 (individual)

  • A former Providence Journal distribution center that was previously a milk processing plant is becomming a graffiti playground

    Smith Hill | Built: 1923–1926
    Added to NRHP: June 10, 2005 | NRHP Reference Number: 05000583

  • A mystery! How long did this slender building along Charles Street and the Moshassuck river stand?

    Charles | Built: between 1900 and 1920

  • This gothic revival wood frame house has been languishing since the 1990s as developers have come and gone

    Bristol, RI | Built: 1848–1850
    Added to NRHP: July 1972 | NRHP Reference Number: 72000016 (individual)

  • This imposing, 6-story cold storage facility ran continuously for 98 years. It fell to the wrecking ball before converting these buildings became the cool thing to do

    Smith Hill | Built: 1894-1911 | Demolition: 1998

  • This fine example of roadside architecture is slowly decaying along Route 146 in North Smithfield

    North Smithfield, RI | Built: 1931
    Added to NRHP: 1979 | NRHP Reference Number: HABS RI-384

  • One of two remaining Sterling Streamliner diners manufactured in the late 1930s by the J.B. Judkins Company left in the country

    Pawtucket, RI | Built: 1941
    Added to NRHP: October 1978 | NRHP Reference Number: 78000002 (individual)

  • This freight house was part of one of the first major railroad stations in America and one of the few only surviving structures of its architect Thomas A. Tefft

    Downtown Providence | Built: 1847-1848 | Demolition: 1973

  • A long, low slung industrial building west of the highway and in the shadow of the Providence Place Mall. Neglect over ten years as well as some nefarious local dealings took the building down.

    Smith Hill | Built: 1929 | Demolition: 2008
    Added to NRHP: June 10, 2005 | NRHP Reference Number: 05000583

  • A previous naval repair facility employing about 12,000 military personnel eventually turned into an industrial park once the Navy left

    North Kingstown, RI | Built: 1939–1941

  • A 60-year history slinging good, hearty diner food evaporated into a cyclone of legal battles. The diner itself is still unrestored.

    Smith Hill | Built: 1937

  • A small flatiron-style 19th century mill building right on the bank of the Moshassuck River in a formerly dense industrial area

    Charles | Built: 1871–1876
    Added to NRHP: 1970 | NRHP Reference Number: 709380013 (contributing)

  • A charming flat-iron style building on Charles Street, built circa 1874, changed drastically in the past 50 years

    Charles | Then: 1971 | Now: 2020

  • This over 190 year old structure survived 170 years as an indoor mall but now is a collection of retail and micro-loft styles residential condos

    Downtown Providence | Built: 1828
    Added to NRHP: May 1971 | NRHP Reference Number: 71000029 (individual)

  • This 120-year old station has see fires and rehabilitation, but the remarkably handsome structure is still standing and useful and full of tenants

    Downtown Providence | Built: 1896-98
    Added to NRHP: February 1975 | NRHP Reference Number: 75000003 (individual)