Doors Open RI Festival set for Saturday

Nicole Dotzenrod

09/22/2017

The Beneficent Congregational Church at 300 Weybosset St. in downtown Providence, built in 1810, is one of 24 locations across the city opening their doors to the public on Saturday, Sept. 23 during the Doors Open Rhode Island Festival. PBN PHOTO/NICOLE DOTZENROD — THE BENEFICENT CONGREGATIONAL Church at 300 Weybosset St. in downtown Providence, built in 1810, is one of 24 locations across the city opening their doors to the public on Saturday, Sept. 23 during the Doors Open Rhode Island Festival. PBN PHOTO/NICOLE DOTZENROD

PROVIDENCE - It’s not every day that members of the public are invited inside the green copper dome atop the Beneficent Congregational Church in Providence, but attendees of Saturday's free Doors Open Rhode Island Festival will be given the opportunity. The historic church, the oldest on the west side of the Providence River, is one…