Street: North Main

19 properties

Properties without a specific street number are listed first, and then in order of street number.

  • A 19th century former volunteer firehouse turned into commercial space on a busy urban corner

    653 North Main St, Providence RI | East Side | Built: 1866

  • 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

    21 Stevens St, Providence RI | College Hill | Built: 1840–1873 | Demolition: 1971

  • A photo recreation series of a RISD student portfolio taken in 1975 and 1976 — recreated in 2008

    Various locations | Downtown Providence

  • A plethora of pithy postcard images from the turn of the century.

    | Downtown Providence,East Side,Smith Hill

  • RISD-graduate Sheperd Fairey has pasted and painted his art over many decaying (and not-decaying) Providence buildings

    32 Aborn St, Providence RI | Providence, RI | Built: 1991–2019

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

    50 Ann Mary Street, Pawtucket RI | East Side | Built: 1925 | Demolition: 1937

  • Brilliant — park your car on top, bowl below. Unfortunately, it just wasn’t hip enough to survive waning interest before bowling made a resurgence

    615 Pawtucket Ave, Pawtucket RI | Pawtucket, RI | Built: circa 1955 | Demolition: 2014

  • A hub of student and museum activity for RISD named after the late Happy Chase, an ardent preservationist of properties along Benefit Street

    20 North Main St | College Hill | Built: 2006-2008

  • 4-story new construction marries a 2-story Greek Revival 150 years younger at the base of College Hill

    87 North Main St | College Hill | Built: 1850, 1999

  • A late 90s/early 2000s conversion of a small mill with new addition on North Main Street into luxury condos

    101 North Main St | College Hill | Built: 1900?

  • A small but charming red square building in various states of repair and neglect over the years

    891 North Main St | East Side | Built: 1924–1925

  • A local-chain tire and automotive parts outlet with four car-wide drive-through bays on a local retail corridor.

    1100 North Main St | East Side | Built: circa 1965

  • A big hulking 5300-person capacity civic auditorium that hosted sports and entertainment for close to 50 years.

    1111 North Main St | East Side | Built: 1925 | Demolition: 1989

  • This cinder block building with a residential looking store facade slapped on it stood vacant for many years before demolition. Part of the way commercial retail comes and goes.

    1120 North Main St | East Side | Demolition: 2012

  • A boarded-up retail space along a retail corridor in need of rethinking

    1140 North Main St | East Side | Built: Between 1962 & 1972 | Demolition: 2007

  • A local scooter sales and repair shop with a side of delicious expresso drinks

    1284 North Main St | East Side | Opened: 2002-2003 | Closed: 2010

  • One of the last big box stores on North Main Street, closed since the mid-to-late 90s. Demolished in 2014 to become infill for a parking lot.

    1300 North Main St | East Side | Built: circa 1948 | Demolition: 2014

  • A former clothing store built off the north side of Sears that stayed empty for years and years before being razed in 2009.

    1320 North Main St | East Side | Built: circa 1950 | Demolition: 2009

  • A rather small commercial storefront that was a branch bank for some time but abandoned for many years before eventual demolition.

    1340 North Main St | East Side | Demolition: 2009