Tag: Jeffrey Emidy
Woonsocket district named to National Register of Historic Places
WOONSOCKET – A seventh city district has won designation to the National Register of Historic Places.
The Federal Street Historic District, which includes six properties...
The next act of the Newport Opera House’s long-awaited restoration
For decades, the historic Opera House Theater has been the focus of grand visions of restoration. So far, those visions have been unrealized.
The brick...
Trinity Rep signs 5-year tax treaty with city for future Lederer...
PROVIDENCE – City officials have waived the tax-exempt status of the Lederer Theater Center, home to the Trinity Repertory Company, which will allow the...
State nets $750K federal grant to preserve Old State House
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will receive $750,000 to preserve the Old State House building on Benefit Street, the current home of the R.I. Historical...
‘The Bells’ stables to be demolished
NEWPORT – A day after four people were injured when a section of the roof collapsed inside a state-owned building on the grounds of...
R.I. Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission names new director
PROVIDENCE – A familiar face to state historic preservationists who temporarily led the Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission is now its permanent...
Advocates of R.I. Historic Tax Credit pleased with $28M allocation, worried...
Advocates for the Rhode Island Historic Tax Credit program are applauding lawmakers for allocating $28 million for the program in the fiscal 2023 state...
Iconic Pawtucket restaurant added to National Register of Historic Places
PAWTUCKET – The old-fashioned, prefabricated steel tube of a restaurant known as Miss Lorraine Diner is now listed on the National Register of Historic...
Sanderson retires from R.I. Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission
PROVIDENCE – Ted Sanderson, the longtime executive director of the R.I. Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission, has announced his retirement. Executive director since 1984,...
