Providence to host temporary exhibit of Rosa Parks’ house

Mary Lhowe

10/25/2017

THE ROSA PARKS HOUSE was moved to Berlin from Detroit, but will be coming to Providence early next year as an installation. / COURTESY FABIA MENDOZA — ROSA PARKS' HOUSE was moved to Berlin, as pictured above, from Detroit. The home will be coming to Providence early next year as a temporary installation. / COURTESY FABIA MENDOZA

PROVIDENCE - We are hearing the word "sanctuary" a lot lately in connection with American places. Early next year, Providence will host and showcase a sanctuary in the most basic sense of the word. It is a simple wooden house, originally located in Detroit, where Rosa Parks lived in 1957 after she fled the South,…

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