Smith Hill Neighborhood
In Providence's history, there is a “golden century” from about 1830 through 1930 when the city flourished. Settled originally on the East Side, Providence exp…
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Pleasant Valley Parkwaylocation_fillAs part of a nationwide “City Beautiful” movement in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Provid…
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Davis Parklocation_fillThomas Davis, the namesake of Davis Park, was born in Ireland in 1806, and came to the United States in 1817. … -
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Dickhaut Cottageslocation_fillBetween 1860 and 1880, Providence’s population doubled in size. With this flood of newcomers seeking employmen… -
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Saint Patrick Academylocation_fillAn increasing Irish-Catholic immigrant population occupying Providence in the 1840s necessitated the need of b… -
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Saints Sahag and Mesrob Armenian Apostolic Churchlocation_fillIn 1847, the Eighth Baptist Church of Providence was founded at the corner of Davis and Common Streets. It was… -
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Smith Hill Librarylocation_fillThe Smith Hill Library was built in 1932 as part of a Providence Public Library campaign beginning in the mid-… -
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Admiral Packaginglocation_fillWhen Alfred Augustus Reed of Providence formed the Oriental Mills Manufacturing Company for the production of … -
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Formerly Beth David-Anshei Kovno Congregation/Currently Gospel Tabernacle Outreach Ministrieslocation_fillThis brick structure, with pedimented portico supported by four columns, was built in 1954 as the home of Cong… -
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Triple Deckers on Oakland Avenuelocation_fillThe urban landscape of southern New England displays an iconic form of domestic architecture seldom found else… -
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Charles Dowler Houselocation_fillCharles Dowler was born in Birmingham, England in 1841, and came to America in 1863 to make munitions for the …
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