R.I. Historic Preservation & Heritage Commission

City Plan Commission OKs updated plans for mixed-use College Hill development

Government 07/16/2024

PROVIDENCE – After earning city approval for a five-story, mixed-use development on College Hill last year, a prominent developer has received approval for updated...

THE STANDARD Paper Box Mill, which produced paper products for the jewelry industry in Rhode Island, will receive state historic preservation tax credits for a conversion to work space apartments. / COURTESY R.I. HISTORICAL PRESERVATION & HERITAGE COMMISSION

Should state lawmakers return to providing annual funding for the Rhode...

Economy 07/15/2022

For the second consecutive year the state has directed new funding to the Rhode Island Historic Tax Credit program, after going years without doing...

THE CONVERSION of the historic Pontiac Mills in Warwick into residential and commercial space is one of the projects that received state historic tax credits over the years. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Advocates of R.I. Historic Tax Credit pleased with $28M allocation, worried...

Government 07/15/2022

Advocates for the Rhode Island Historic Tax Credit program are applauding lawmakers for allocating $28 million for the program in the fiscal 2023 state...

Richmond farmstead cluster named to National Register of Historic Places

Real Estate 10/27/2021

RICHMOND – The Beaver River Road Historic District, a cluster of historic farmsteads in southern Richmond, has been listed in the National Register of...