Tag: Providence Preservation Society
Is saving the Crook Point Bascule Bridge worth it?
The Crook Point Bascule Bridge, abandoned for nearly 50 years over the Seekonk River, sits at a crossroads, costing the state $10,000 a month...
‘Resistance Houses,’ Providence Place top PPS 2026 most endangered list
PROVIDENCE – The Providence Preservation Society has placed four so-called “Resistance Houses” on the city's South Side at the top of its 2026 Most...
Providence Preservation Society launches website detailing urban renewal in the city
PROVIDENCE – The Providence Preservation Society has launched a new multimedia website detailing urban renewal in Providence from 1950 to 1975.
This period saw the...
Old ProJo Building revival getting closer to reality
For more than a century, 203 Westminster St. has stood like a baroque sentinel in downtown Providence – a grand Beaux-Arts building that once...
Atlantic Mills has new owner
PROVIDENCE – The historic Atlantic Mills officially has a new owner.
The sale of the 350,000-square-foot brick mill complex located in the Olneyville neighborhood closed...
Historic Providence home and setting for ‘The Shunned House’ sells for...
PROVIDENCE – Constructed in 1764, a single-family home with a famed literary connection on the East Side of Providence recently sold for $1.8 million,...
Preservation society sells Shakespeare’s Head Building to nonprofit for $750K
PROVIDENCE – The historic Shakespeare’s Head Building has been sold.
The house at 21 Meeting St. in the College Hill Historic District was sold to...
Phase in changes
Marisa Angell Brown | Providence Preservation Society executive director
No matter what your organization or business does, 2025 is shaping up to be a year...
Philanthropy Calendar, Feb. 26, 2025
If a nonprofit wants an upcoming fundraiser to be considered for a calendar listing, email information to Nonprofit@PBN.com or Bessette@PBN.com at least four weeks...
Providence Preservation Society lists 2025 most endangered places
PROVIDENCE – An armory building that had been a focal point of developmental controversy in recent years, the state’s tallest skyscraper and an old...
