Lack of funding slows restoration of historic commercial buildings in R.I.

Emily Gowdey-Backus

04/27/2018

ENDANGERED PROPERTY: Barbara Zdravesky, president of the Preservation Society of Pawtucket, in front of Hose Company No. 6 on Central Avenue in Pawtucket. The society says the commercial building is being threatened with demolition. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

In 35 years, the Preservation Society of Pawtucket has awarded 135 historic markers to properties in the city, eight of which are commercial structures, or 5.9 percent of city historic markers. It’s the same story for marker programs managed by the Preservation Society of Providence and the Newport Historical Society. Most administrators of preserved Rhode

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