Tag: Preserve Rhode Island
Five Questions With: Valerie Talmage
As executive director of Preserve Rhode Island, Valerie Talmage and colleagues have been working to find unique solutions for historic properties in East Providence,...
R.I.’s oldest home for sale at $540K following $600K renovation project
LINCOLN – Rhode Island’s oldest home, a colonial-style “stone-ender” built in 1696 at 1147 Great Road, was recently listed for sale at $539,900 following...
Rhode Island’s oldest home to be sold and reoccupied this summer
LINCOLN – Preserve Rhode Island, a 65-year-old nonprofit that fights to save historic properties, recently announced that the state's oldest home will become occupied...
2021 Rhody Awards for Historic Preservation announced
PROVIDENCE – The honorees of the 2021 Rhody Awards for Historic Preservation were announced on Wednesday by Preserve Rhode Island and the Rhode Island...
Rebooting historic tax credit is smart move
A recent PBN article (“Textile mill renovations now paying dividends,” June 25) highlighted five mill-conversion projects in Rhode Island, former massive and abandoned industrial...
Valentine Whitman House acquired by Preserve Rhode Island
LINCOLN – The Valentine Whitman House, one of the few remaining “stone-enders” in Rhode Island, has been acquired by Preserve Rhode Island.
The house had...
2021 Rhody Award nominations due
PROVIDENCE – Nominations are open for the 2021 Rhody Awards for Historic Preservation.
The annual contest recognizes the best of preservation in the state. It...
“Sunnyside” owners among 2020 Rhody Awards for Historic Preservation winners
PROVIDENCE – The winners of the 2020 Rhody Awards for Historic Preservation were announced Monday by Preserve Rhode Island and the R.I. Historical Preservation...
Colonial-era house leased by Preserve Rhode Island for tenant farm
EAST PROVIDENCE – The Philip Walker House at 432 Massasoit Ave. has been leased by Preserve Rhode Island to a pair of tenant farmers...
2020 Rhody Award nominations being accepted
PROVIDENCE – The 2020 Rhody Awards for Historic Preservation are seeking nominations of the best work in residential and commercial sites to preserve the...
