List: Rhody Awards
9 properties
The Rhody Awards honor remarkable individuals with both the imagination and perseverance to make what seemed impossible reality. Thanks to their vision, beloved and new historic landmarks are guaranteed to be part of our state’s landscape for generations to come.
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A 250+ year old home belonging to one of the captain’s that took part in the burning of the Gaspee
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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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This former hotel has sat vacant and underused for 20 years or more and only recently is being renovated
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A former church mission turned into a series of unsavory businesses establishments until a 30 year old law allowing indoor prostitution was rewritten
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One of the last operating woven product mills in the area, closing in 2001, and later converted to residential starting in 2007
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This 70-year-old diner car sat on blocks for 10 years before being restored and reopened as a classic breakfast and lunch diner
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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
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An mid-19th-century mill falters in its second life but gains a third life in the late 2010s to become residential with a boutique hotel on the same property
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A former businessman’s club that could no longer operate is turned into the offices for an archoeological and historic preservation non-profit