List: Providence Preservation Society’s Preservation Awards

7 properties

  • Slow and steady wins this race — vacated in 1964, some of the buildings were in use as early as 1988, but only 30 years later has the entire complex been redeveloped

    Smith Hill | Built: 1872–1941
    Added to NRHP: April 18, 2003 | NRHP Reference Number: 03000081 (individual)

  • A four-turned-five-story 19th-century commercial building goes residential to support 44 micro-lofts and a younger clientele

    Downtown Providence | Built: 1859, 1906
    Added to NRHP: February 10, 1984 | NRHP Reference Number: 84001967 (contributing)

  • A mid-century brick indistrial building on the edge of the Jewelry District is given new life as part of Johnson & Wales University

    Jewelry District | Built: 1948

  • A low slung jewelry manufacturing building on the edge of the Jewelry District is now the main Student Services Center for Johnson & Wales University

    Jewelry District | Built: 1920

  • A former church mission turned into a series of unsavory businesses establishments until a 30 year old law allowing indoor prostitution was rewritten

    Downtown Providence | Built: 1912
    Added to NRHP: February 10, 1984 | NRHP Reference Number: 84001967 (contributing)

  • An emblem and pin manufacturer with a long life as industrial/commercial space until a conversion to apartments

    Jewelry District | Built: 1903–1904
    Added to NRHP: December 1985 | NRHP Reference Number: 85003088 (contributing)

  • 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)