Creating Home in Rhode Island
History offers context that helps us understand our world today and the ways communities plant roots and build connections. In 2024, the National Endowment for…
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Ferris Babcock Dove and Eleanor Dovelocation_fillWhen Ferris Babcock Dove (1915-1983) and Eleanor Dove (1918-present) opened the Dovecrest Restaurant in 1963, …
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Old Traditions in a New Home: Immigration in Reservoir Trianglelocation_fillIn 1880, about 104,000 people lived in Providence. Thirty years later, the city’s population had more than dou… -
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Kandy’s Of Course Beauty Salon and the Lolalocation_fillWhen it came to getting your hair done on Broad Street, Kandy’s Of Course Beauty Salon was the place to go. Th… -
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Former Site of Fefa's Marketlocation_fillIf we had to find one person who represents Dominicans in Rhode Island, it would have to be Josefina Rosario. … -
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Spiritual Cleansing: Religion at Mashapaug Pondlocation_fillIn the summers, Providence residents waded into Mashapaug Pond to get clean – or, more precisely, for spiritua… -
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Beulah Boyd's Beauty Parlorlocation_fillAt 43 Camp Street, passers-by see a school playground, shaded by a stand of pine trees and surrounded by a cha… -
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The Jewish Orphanage of Rhode Island<br />location_fillThe Jewish Orphanage of Rhode Island (JORI) began as two separate organizations. In 1908, initially headed by … -
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Providence Hmong Evangelical Church of the Christian and Missionary Alliance and The Advent Christian Churchlocation_fillThis sweet example of an English country church was originally built by German immigrant (and Adventist) Antho… -
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Sts. Vartanantz Armenian Apostolic Churchlocation_fillCompleted in 1892 to serve the wealthy Episcopalians of Broadway, and home for ten years to the African-Americ…
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