Tag: Providence Preservation Society
Providence Preservation Society urges Brown to halt demolition of 4 historic...
PROVIDENCE – The Providence Preservation society is calling on Brown University to halt a project that would demolish four Brook Street houses to make...
Brown University eyes razing 4 historic houses for new academic building
PROVIDENCE – Neighbors and historic preservation advocates have raised concerns over Brown University's plans to demolish four Brook Street homes to clear space for...
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...
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