Pond Street: A Lost Neighborhood
Only a stub of Pond Street remains, tucked between Interstate 95 and the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul. Before the interstate was built in the late 1950s, P…
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1638: The Pequot Traillocation_fillRight here in the heart of the city lies a trace of an ancient trailway used by the Indigenous Peoples who inh…
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1710: The Plainfield Roadlocation_fillColonial era roadways tell us something about the story of Providence. Over the course of the 17th century, … -
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1812 - 1864: Reverend Edward Scottlocation_fillReverend Edward Scott was a political activist and anti-slavery agitator who had, himself, escaped from slaver… -
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1828: High Street Banklocation_fillIn the early 19th century, the agricultural and mercantile economy of Providence was transformed by the Indust… -
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1830: Arnold-Palmer Houselocation_fillThe redevelopment of Cathedral Square in the late 1960s left few traces of what this busy city intersection on… -
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1836: High Street Congregational Churchlocation_fillWhile redevelopment often erases a city's past, the constant re-building of a city over time also leads to the… -
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1838: Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paullocation_fillDuring the early 19th Century, textile mills, like Grant Mill in the city of Providence, were being built acro… -
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1842: Second Free Will Baptist Churchlocation_fillThe Second Free Will Baptist Church (SFWBC) is one of the oldest Black congregations in Providence, formed aro… -
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1848-1929: Maritcha Lyonslocation_fillMaritcha Lyons was an African-American teacher, writer, and activist who testified before the General Assembly… -
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1861: Benjamin Brayton Knight Mansionlocation_fillProvidence's population grew at an extraordinary rate throughout the 19th Century, from about 50,000 in 1850 t… -
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1862: Perry Davis' Vegetable Pain-Killerlocation_fillIn the summer of 1840, Perry Davis was sick. Physically, debilitatingly sick. His businesses had failed, one a… -
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1869-1947: Eva Belle Clemencelocation_fillEva Belle Clemence lived and worked in Providence as an independent artist, a difficult space for a woman to f… -
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1878: English High Schoollocation_fillIn September 1878, a "magnificent" new high school was dedicated on Pond Street from plans made by prominent P… -
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1889: YMCA and YWCAlocation_fillIn 1889, the Young Men's Christian Association opened a grand new Romanesque Revival building on a prominent c… -
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1902: The Imperial Theatrelocation_fillIn 1800, Providence had about 7,000 people. By 1900, the city was bursting with over 175,000 and still growing… -
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1902-1948: Arshile Gorkylocation_fillArshile Gorky was a significant Surrealist painter and a father of the American Abstract Expressionist movemen… -
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1915-2015: Grace Lee Boggslocation_fillGrace Lee Boggs was an activist for equality and labor justice, working with her husband James Boggs in Detroi…
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