Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Brown University, 1898

Historic Towns of New England. (1898). United Kingdom: G. P. Putnam's sons.

Brown was founded in 1764 — the third college in New England and the seventh in Colonial America. Brown was the first Ivy League school to accept students from all religious affiliations...

Originally located in Warren, Rhode Island, and called the College of Rhode Island, Brown moved to its current spot on College Hill overlooking Providence in 1770 and was renamed in 1804 in recognition of a $5,000 gift from Nicholas Brown, a prominent Providence businessman and alumnus, Class of 1786.

Women were first admitted to Brown in 1891...
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First Baptist Meeting House

It is the oldest Baptist church congregation in the United States, founded in 1638 by Roger Williams in Providence, Rhode Island. The present church building was erected between 1774 and 75 and held its first meetings in May 1775. It is located at 75 North Main Street in Providence's College Hill neighborhood. wikipedia

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

The Arcade, Built 1828

Located in the center of downtown Providence, Rhode Island, The Arcade Providence was built in 1828 and it is the oldest indoor mall in the United States. arcadeprovidence.com

The Arcade is a 3-story, stucco rubble Greek Revival structure that provides both a covered walkway, and a commercial center in between Weybosset and Westminster streets in downtown Providence. The building began construction in 1827, and was completed in 1828 under original owners Cyrus Butler and the Arcade Corporation. The designs for the structure by architects Russell Warren and James Bucklin are a fine example of the Greek Revival style, which uncompromisingly implemented a modern interior plan. brown.edu

At the time of the Arcade's opening, there were few retail stores on the west side of the Providence River. Most shopping was located on the east side or Cheapside district. The arcade was slow to attract customers and was known as "Butler's Folly" for many years because of its distance from the retail districts. This changed when a fashionable hat shop opened next door which attracted wealthy female customers to the neighborhood. After that, Westminster Street and downtown developed into a major shopping area. wikipedia

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Plant of Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Co.

BROWN & SHARPE MFG. CO., Makers of Machinery and Tools. -- In manufacturing interests Providence is one of the leading cities in the country. There are various causes for this supremacy, among which are the transportation facilities by water and rail, and the enterprise and resources of the leading manufacturers. The largest concern in its line, machinery and tools, is the Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co., whose works are located on Promenade and Holden streets. The foundation of this business was laid in 1833 by Messrs. David and Joseph R. Brown, father and son. In 1841 the senior partner retired, and the son continued as sole proprietor until 1853, when Mr. Lucian Sharpe became a partner under the firm name of J. R. Brown & Sharpe. In 1868 the present company was incorporated. The works comprise three machine shops, one of which was erected in 1873, extended in 1878, and now contains three floors and a basement, 51 x 291 feet, with two wings measuring 75 and 50 feet, respectively, making about 83,000 square feet of floor space; another, built in 1888, four stories high, 195 x 51 feet, with a wing 41 feet long, and containing 35,000 square feet of floorage area used for manufacturing purposes, besides storage, carriage, reading, and lecture rooms; while the third building is 97 x 50 feet, four stories high. There is also a blacksmith shop 130 x 50 feet, and a foundry, built in 1880, which measures 67 x 265 feet. The machine shops are fire-proof. The entire plant covers an area of 10 1/ 2 acres of land and comprises over four acres of floor space. The works are finely equipped in all departments, and are at all times open to visitors. The leading specialties are universal and plain milling machines, grinding, screw and tapping machines, vertical and horizontal chucking machines, gear-cutting machines, engine and hand lathes, cutters for gear wheels and for taps, reamers, twist drills, irregularly formed sewing-machine and gun parts, milling and screw-slotting cutters, surface plates, micrometer calipers, and standard gauges. Iron castings and patented articles in the line of machine work are made to order, and all varieties of gear and index cutting form a part of the business. Standard gears are kept in stock. The foreign branch of the business is extensive, and medals were awarded this company at International Exposisions: Paris in 1867, Vienna in 1873, Philadelphia in 1876, and Paris in 1878. They were given the Grand Prize at Paris in 1889, and in 1890 they received a gold medal at the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association. The tools exhibited in each instance were taken directly from stock and no special selection or preparation made for the exhibitions. The Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co. is also interested in the firm of Darling, Brown & Sharpe, which occupies a portion of their buildings and manufactures United States standard rules, patent hardened cast-steel try-squares, the American standard wire gauge, and a variety of tools for accurate measurement. Darling, Brown & Sharpe received leading medal at the International Expositions: Paris, 1867; Vienna, 1873; Philadelphia, 1876; Paris, 1878; Paris, 1889.

Industries and Wealth of the Principal Points in Rhode Island, being the city of Providence, Pawtucket, Central Falls, Woonsocket, Newport, Narragansett Pier, Bristol & Westerly.
New York: A. F. Parsons Publishing Co., 1892

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

The Old White Mill, Cranston St., 1912

The Old White Mill was originally a state arsenal; garrisoned in May 1842; unsuccessfully attacked by Thos. W. Dorr and his forces; used in turn as a grist-mill; woolen mill and cotton mill; and purchased by the State of Rhode Island, Dec. 1895. The site is now occupied by the new State Armory, south of Dexter Training Ground, Providence, R.I.

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Grace Church

Grace Church is an historic Episcopal church at 300 Westminster Street at Mathewson Street in downtown Providence, Rhode Island. It was built in 1845-46 and was designed by Richard Upjohn in the Gothic Revival style.

The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. wikipedia

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Arcade, Providence
THE HISTORY & TOPOGRAPHY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, published by J & F Tallis in London about 1850.

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

St. Francis Xavier's Academy

St. Francis Xavier Academy was opened by the Sisters of Mercy with twenty students in 1851. At that time, it was both a boarding school and a day school. In 1874, a building with convent and school was erected on Sixty Broad Street in Providence, RI. Two years later, Joseph Banigan, the “Rubber King” gave $25,000 for a new chapel to be designed by a master artist from England. Every detail of the chapel tells the story of the Mother of God. For many students, the chapel was an integral part of the St. Xavier experience... stxavieralumnae.org

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Rhode Island State Normal School, 1912

Rhode Island Normal School was a teacher preparatory college that has since become Rhode Island College. The school was established in 1854, and was housed in several different buildings in the city until 1898, when the building above opened. lostnewengland.com

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Butler Exchange,
Soldiers and Sailors Monument, 1908

The late 19th century was a time of growing prosperity for the city of Providence, and few buildings indicated this as well as the Butler Exchange. This massive commercial block was built in 1873, and was designed by prominent architect Arthur Gilman. Like many other public buildings of the day, it was designed in the Second Empire style, complete with towers on the corners and a large, two-story mansard roof at the top. On the inside, it consisted of shops on the first floor, with offices on the five upper floors. Starting in 1878, the second floor was also the first home of the Providence Public Library...

...the Butler Exchange itself was demolished in 1925...
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Scenes in Providence
Picturesque America... Oliver Bell Bunce, William Cullen Bryant
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1872-1874.

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

The Callendar McAuslan and Troup Company

Callendar, McAuslan and Troop’s “Boston Store” opened in the early 1870s at the corner of Westminster and Union Streets. The success of Providence’s first department store led not only to its substantial expansion by 1892, but also to the organization of competing firms, Shepard’s and the Outlet...

Established as a department store — the first of its magnitude in Providence — in 1866, Callendar, McAuslan & Troup first opened in a smaller building on this site. The commercial venture, which soon became known as the Boston Store, was immediately successful and, having outgrown its original facilities, commenced expansion on the site in 1872. This building originally had a cast-iron facade which was removed during the 1892 expansion and remodeling.

The Boston Store was bought by Peerless in the early 1950s...
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Narragansett Hotel, est. 1877

NARRAGANSETT HOTEL, L. H. Humphreys, Lessee. -- The great hotel of the present has the population of a small village, yet the guests have extraordinary fare and every comfort. Humanity is in one of these mammoth establishments catered by wholesale, while at the same time each individual guest receives as much attention as though he had one whole hotel to himself; and it is this combination of large general figures with the closest attention to the minutest personal detail which forms the chief problem of the hotel proprietor, and constitutes the real mystery of modern hotel-keeping. It is generally admitted by connoisseurs and experienced travelers that the Narragansett Hotel, in Providence, is second to no other hotel in the United States, in combining hospitable ideas and practical business methods with marked ability of management and every luxury. This magnificent hotel was thrown open to the public in 1877, and during the ten years of the intervening time has been under the management of Mr. L. H. Humphreys, the present lessee. It is admirably situated in the business heart of the city, with entrances on Broad, Dorrance and Eddy Streets, and is conducted on the American plan. It is constructed of brick, with sandstone trimmings, in an ornate and thoroughly substantial manner, and was built and furnished at a cost of $1,100,000. It is seven stories in height, thoroughly fireproof, and contains 300 rooms for guests. Every modern accessory of the decorator, the cabinet maker and the upholsterer have been utilized, and the house is a beautiful and artistic exhibit of the most advanced achievements in those lines. More than $50,000 have been expended on decorations and paintings alone. The suites of rooms, for which this hotel is especially noted, are unequaled for decorative characteristics and for exquisite elegance and beauty. Its cabinet-work also challenges comparison with the finest specimens in this country, and the frescoes are elaborate and superb, and the law of harmony reigns supreme in all decorations. No other hotel in the country can rival it in the number of rare, costly paintings that adorn its walls. In the main corridor is noticed the elaborate painting of the 'Death of Nelson', after P. Jazet, representing the battle of Trafalga, where the brave Nelson fell. On the walls of the parlor are several celebrated oil paintings, including 'Luxury', by the famous fruit artist, E. C. Leavitt; 'The Flower Girl', by Schryver; 'The Fortunes of War', by James G. Tyler; 'The Wolf Story', by C. Rinaldi; 'Tally Ho', by James C. Thorn, and others, besides a number of water-colors, landscapes and marine views. The reading-room is liberally supplied with fine pictures, as are also the cafe and wineroom, all of which are much admired by visitors. The marts of the world have been ransacked for the decorations and furnishings of this palatial hotel. The interior appointments are in keeping with its international reputation, the sanitary arrangements are perfect, the means of escape in case of fire are unrivaled, and everything that art, science and capital can devise has been utilized for the safety and comfort of guests. Every modern improvement has been provided, including electric-lights, passenger elevator, steam-heat, electric bells, barber-shop, billiard hall, bar, and every accessory to complete hotel life; while the cafe is one of the best managed on the continent and is open until midnight. The cuisine of the Narragansett is made the constant study of the most expert caterers, and an experienced chef and a staff of skilled assistants successfully meet the demands of the elaborate bills of fare for which this house is so widely popular. Many notable dinners and banquets are held here during the year, while the leading public men and foreign tourists are guests of the Narragansett when in Providence. Mr. Humphreys, the proprietor, is a native of Providence, and is a well-equipped host of thirty years' experience; formerly proprietor of City Hotel here and at Rocky Point. He has surrounded himself with a competent corps of assistants, including D. B. Hall as cashier, and Messrs. J. E. Johnson, A. H. Baker, Chas. A. Stoddard and E. C. Davis as clerks, and has made the Narragansett the 'Mecca' for all who appreciate good living. With all these advantages at command; with, in addition, telegraph and telephone offices, postoffices, bookstands, cardstands, hackstands, railway ticket offices, theater ticket offices, and a hundred other conveniences, the hotel proprietor of the present day undertakes to do everything for his guests except to clothe them and pay their bills.

Industries and Wealth of the Principal Points in Rhode Island, being the city of Providence, Pawtucket, Central Falls, Woonsocket, Newport, Narragansett Pier, Bristol & Westerly.
New York: A. F. Parsons Publishing Co., 1892

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

City Hall

Providence City Hall is the center of the municipal government in Providence, Rhode Island, and is located at the southwest end of Kennedy Plaza at 25 Dorrance Street. The building was constructed between 1875 and 1878 and designed by Samuel J. F. Thayer in the Second Empire style. wikipedia

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Hotel Dorrance, 1909

Built in 1878, demolished in 1978

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Empire Theatre

The Empire Theatre has a long history that began in 1878 as Low's Opera House, when it was a rival to the Providence Opera House on Dorrance Street, opened seven years earlier in 1871. It was re-built, reopening on October 24, 1898 with a seating capacity of 1,801.

In the seventy-one years of its existence in the center of downtown Providence, it served as an illustrious home to theatre and vaudeville and films, under the later names of Keith’s Theatre, B.F. Keith’s New Theatre, Victory Theatre, RKO Victory Theatre, and finally, from 1936 to its demise in 1948, the Empire Theatre.
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English High School

In September 1878, a “magnificent” new high school was dedicated on Pond Street from plans made by prominent Providence architect William H. Walker. The old high school at Benefit and Waterman Streets had been overcrowded for years. The expansion of the school system--both the number of students served and the buildings that served them--was one of Mayor Thomas Doyle’s major achievements during his eighteen years as mayor... rhodetour.org

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

S. S. Peter's and Paul's Cathedral

In 1873, Patrick Keely was selected to draw the plans for one of the finest churches in the country. The following year, work on the foundation of a temporary church began when Bishop Hendricken signed a contract for the construction at a cost of $18,950. The old rectory was demolished and a new one built at the corner of Fenner and Pond Streets where it still stands.

The cornerstone of the current cathedral was laid in 1878... On June 30, 1889, more than a decade after construction began, the completed cathedral was finally consecrated by Bishop Matthew Harkins.... wikipedia

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Good Will Engine Co., No. 13

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Crown Hotel

Built in 1894, designed by Gould, Angell & Swift for the Providence Athletic Association, the seven-story building grew by two floors in 1901 when it was refitted for use as a hotel. In the 1950s, Johnson & Wales Business College purchased the building for dormitory use. It was demolished in 1992. oldpvd.com

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

R.I. Institute for Deaf and Dumb

Built in 1895, the Rhode Island School for the Deaf was called the R.I. Institute for Deaf and Dumb from 1895 to 1930.

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Banigan Building, built 1896

Hailed as the first tall, steel-frame, “fireproof” building in Providence, the ten-and-one-half-story granite-sheathed Banigan Building was built on speculation by Joseph Banigan, founder of a large plant for rubber goods in Woonsocket and eventually also one of the founders of U.S. Rubber when his company went into the giant conglomerate.
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View of Providence, from the South, 1898

Historic Towns of New England. (1898). United Kingdom: G. P. Putnam's sons.

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

The Capitol, 1898

Historic Towns of New England. (1898). United Kingdom: G. P. Putnam's sons.

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

The Mall, Exchange Place, Providence, R.I.

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Concert Pavilion and Casino, Roger Williams Park, Providence, R. I.

The Park was created when Betsey Williams, great, great, great granddaughter of Rhode Island founder Roger Williams, left 102 acres of farm and woodland to the City of Providence.

It was built to provide a respite to residents of a rapidly industrializing Providence, factory and mill workers. It was designed before the automobile and many traveled by streetcar to the Park... rwpconservancy.org

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Washington Bridge. Providence, R. I.

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Civic Center

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Public Library, 1919

Providence Public Library of Providence, Rhode Island was founded in 1875. The central library building at 225 Washington Street opened in 1900 and was constructed in a Renaissance style with private donations including a large donation from John Nicholas Brown I, and a large addition was built in 1954. wikipedia

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Union Trust Building

The Union Trust Company Building is a historic building at 170 Westminster Street and 62 Dorrance Street in downtown Providence, Rhode Island.

It is a twelve-story steel-framed structure, faced in brick and stone. Originally four bays deep, it was expanded to seven bays in 1920. It was designed by Stone, Carpenter & Willson and built in 1901–02 to house the offices of the Union Trust Company, which occupied the first two floors and leased the remaining space. wikipedia

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Carrie Tower, Brown University, Providence, R. I.

Carrie Tower was erected in 1904, a gift of Paul Bajnotti of Turin, Italy, and a memorial to his wife, born Caroline Mathilde Brown, granddaughter of Nicholas Brown 1786, for whom the University is named, and daughter of Nicholas Brown 1811. She died in Palermo in 1892 after sixteen years of marriage to Bajnotti, who also erected a fountain in her memory in Burnside Park in Providence.
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Providence, Rhode Island, USA

John Carter Brown Library, Brown University

John Carter Brown’s famed Americana collection was initially formed in 1846 through a series of three spectacular purchases – in February, June, and November of that year – that made the Brown family residence on Benefit Street the site of a monument to American history writ large...

The John Carter Brown Library (JCB) as we know it today came into being when it opened its doors to the scholarly world (in 1904) as an independently funded and autonomously administered institution for advanced research, situated within an ornate neo-classical building on a bucolic corner of the Brown University campus...
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Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Providence Protective Dept. House on Richmond St.

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Randall Square

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Journal Building. Providence, R. I.

The ornate new building was designed in the Beaux-Arts style by Robert Swain Peabody of the noted Boston firm of Peabody & Stearns. It was completed in 1906. wikipedia

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Ezeja Le. N.S. Do. Rozario. Open September 9, 1906.

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

New State Armory

The Cranston Street Armory is an historic building in the Broadway–Armory Historic District of Providence, Rhode Island. It was built in 1907 at a cost of $650,000.00. wikipedia

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Corner of Elwood and Potter Ave., 1907

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Bird's Eye View of Providence River, 1907

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Union Station and Capitol Hill

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Westminster Street looking East, 1907

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Crown Hotel and Hof Brau Hous

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Fields Point

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

N.Y.N.H. & H. Station & Capitol

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Weybosset Street, Providence, R.I.

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Gorham Mfg. Co. Plant and Elmwood Railway Station

Gorham Silver was founded in Providence, Rhode Island, 1831 by Jabez Gorham, a master craftsman, in partnership with Henry L. Webster. The firm's chief product was spoons of coin silver. The company also made thimbles, combs, jewelry, and other small items. In 1842, the Congress enacted a tariff which effectively blocked the importation of silverware from outside the United States, which aided the American silver industry. Jabez Gorham did not take full advantage of this opportunity, but in 1847 Jabez retired and his son, John Gorham succeeded him as head of the company.

John Gorham introduced mechanized production methods, enlarged the premises in downtown Providence, improved the designs, and expanded the product line. In 1852, Gorham toured many of Europe's silver workshops and manufacturers, speaking with individual specialists, including master craftsmen and toolmakers. He sought highly skilled foreign workmen to train his American workers and hired George Wilkinson, a premier designer and workshop manager, from England. In 1865, the Rhode Island legislature granted a charter in the name of Gorham Manufacturing Company and in 1890, the company relocated to a factory on Adelaide Avenue in Providence. wikipedia

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Rhode Island State Capitol

Overlooking downtown Providence from Smith Hill, the State House is the center of Rhode Island government. It was designed by the renowned New York firm of McKim, Mead and White in 1891- 94 and constructed between 1895 and 1904.
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Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Birds Eye View from State House

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Hope Street, showing residences of Wm. Gammell and Col. R. H. I. Goddard

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

New Post Office

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Westminster Street

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Y.M.C.A. Building

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Weybosset St. from Matthewson St.

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

State Normal School

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Telephone Building

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Webster Street Grammar School

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Moses Brown School

One of Moses Brown's last great contributions to Rhode Island life was his role in the revival of the New England Yearly Meeting School. It had existed intermittently in the 1770s and 1780s, but died out through lack of interest. In 1814, Brown presented the Yearly Meeting with 43 acres of land in Providence, and worked diligently toward the creation of a school on this land. He provided important financial assistance, and also donated his impressive book collection to the school library. His son Obadiah joined him as a major supporter of this effort until his untimely death in 1822. Moses Brown served as the school's treasurer until shortly before his own death in 1836, at the age of 98. The school was renamed in his honor in 1913 as the Moses Brown School, and remains a leading preparatory school in the U.S. wikipedia

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Turks Head Building

The Turks Head building was designed in 1913 by New York architects Howells & Strokes. The building was erected by the Brown Land Co. as an investment for members of the Brown family, and was part of a highway improvement plan that would encourage more useful road relocation movements in the future. A portion of the original lot was taken by the city for widening the highway at the street intersection. The Turk's Head which has been familiar to nearly every resident of the state for more than three generations graces its origin back to the days when signs, instead of numbers, were used by business houses to guide and attract customers.

Jacob Whitman's house originally stood on this site in 1750... brown.edu

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Court House, 1914

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

The New R.R. Station

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Exchange Place, 1916

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Providence College, Providence, R. I.

Providence College was founded in 1917 by the Dominican Friars at the invitation of Bishop Harkins to provide a Catholic education in the arts and sciences.
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Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Rhode Island Hospital Trust Co.

Location: 15 Westminster Street, Providence,
Built: 1917
Architect: York & Sawyer

Incorporated on October 24, 1867, Rhode Island Hospital Trust was the first trust company in New England. It owes its unique name to the fact that it was chartered by the board of trustees of Rhode Island Hospital. The new hospital had been founded four years earlier and the trust company was intended to help finance it. Hospital Trust’s original charter required the bank to pay one third of its annual net profit above 6 percent to Rhode Island Hospital. This provision was to remain in effect until another institution stepped forward to assume a benefactor’s role. While that never came to pass, the philanthropic provision was cancelled in 1880 by mutual agreement of the bank and the state’s General Assembly. In exchange, the hospital received 100 shares of the bank’s stock.

Hospital Trust was organized by William Binney, who served as the company’s first president until 1881. Amos D. Smith, brother of former Governor James Y. Smith, was elected chairman. It was initially located in a building on South Main Street and later moved to two different locations on Westminster. ricurrency.com

The Rhode Island Hospital Trust is a banking institution founded in 1867 to manage the financial affairs of Rhode Island Hospital, founded in 1863. Over time it grew to become a significant local commercial bank, and was acquired by Bank of Boston in 1985. wikipedia

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Shubert Majestic Theatre

Built in 1917, first named Emery’s Majestic, it was later renamed Shubert’s Majestic before it became simply the Majestic.

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Market Square

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Crompton & Knowles Loom Works

Firm was established in 1897 by the consolidation of Crompton Loom Works (established 1851) and Knowles Loom Works (established 1855). It had manufacturing facilities in Worcester, Mass., Providence, R.I., Philadelphia and Charlotte, N.C.
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New Industrial Trust Building, Exchange Place

INDUSTRIAL TRUST COMPANY, No. 57 Westminster Street. -- During the last few years a class of institutions has sprung up in the United States intended to meet the requirements of holders of property, for their 'better protection during life', and the more certain and speedy transmission of property to heirs at death. These trust companies not only receive money on deposit like banks, but also securities and other articles of value, and are besides authorized to act as trustee, executor, administrator, etc. Being corporations, they never die. The Industrial Trust Company, of Providence, whose offices and banking-rooms are eligibly located at No. 57 Westminster Street, was incorporated June 9, 1886, and began business in August, 1887. It has a cash capital of $500,000, and is officered as follows, viz: President, Samuel P. Colt; vice-president, Albert L. Calder; treasurer, J. M. Addeman; directors, James M. Kimball, Providence; Geo. L. Littlefield, Pawtucket; Joshua Wilbour, Providence; Albert L. Calder, Providence; Sterus Hutchins, Providence; John P. Campbell, Providence; Horace M. Barns, Bristol; Leander R. Peck, Providence; Enos Lapham, Centerville; Newton D. Arnold, Providence; Henry R. Barker, Providence; Olney T. Inman, Pascoag; Henry B. Winship, Providence; Geo. Peabody Wetmore, Newport; Hezekiah Conant, Pawtucket; George T. Bliss, New York; Wm. C. Osborn, New York; Sam'l P. Colt, Bristol. The company's cash department is a thoroughly organized banking institution, affording every facility to patrons. Loans are made on approved collateral and mortgage of real estate; first-class commercial paper is discounted, and the collection of notes, drafts, coupons and interest is made on the most favorable terms, through its correspondents, who include the First National Bank, and Morton, Bliss & Co., New York; and the National City Bank, Boston. The company acts as agent for the transferring and registering or countersigning of certificates of stocks, bonds or other obligations of any corporation, association, State, or public authority, and also undertakes the execution of trusts in any State of the Union, all trust funds being kept separate from the assets of the company and invested in the names of the parties for whose benefit they are held. Here is offered to executors, administrators, and trustees of estates, as well as to ladies unaccustomed to the details of business, and to religious and benevolent institutions, the finest possible facilities for the transaction of their business. That these facilities are duly appreciated and promptly availed by our citizems is evidenced by the statement of the company made February 1, 1892, which shows individual deposits amounting to $1,328,455.07; participation account deposits, $1,237,960.48; loans and discounts, $940,382.24; investment securities and mortgages, $1,725,164.89; profit on hand, $61,035.46; total resources, $3,339,416.17. President Colt is one of the best-known citizens of Rhode Island, president also of the National India Rubber Company, identified with numerous enterprises, and a tower of strength to all. The vice-president, Mr. Calder, is widely known as the manufacturer of Calder's Dentine. The treasurer, Mr. Addeman, was Secretary of State for Rhode Island for fifteen years, and is eminently qualified as the custodian of the finances of this powerful institution; while the Board of Directors comprises much of the financial solidity and business talent of the city and State.

Industries and Wealth of the Principal Points in Rhode Island, being the city of Providence, Pawtucket, Central Falls, Woonsocket, Newport, Narragansett Pier, Bristol & Westerly.
New York: A. F. Parsons Publishing Co., 1892

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Weybosset St., 1920s

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Providence Biltmore Hotel

The Providence Biltmore was constructed by the Bowman-Biltmore Hotels chain, founded by John McEntee Bowman and Louis Wallick. It was built in the neo-Federal Beaux-arts style and designed by the architectural firm of Warren and Wetmore, who also designed Grand Central Terminal. The hotel opened on June 6, 1922, and was the second-tallest building in the city after the Rhode Island State House... wikipedia

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

"Front Campus"
Brown University
Providence, R.I.

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

La Salle Academy, 1935

...In 1871, three brothers arrived in Providence to operate the school and instill it with the values of their order’s founder, St. John Baptist de La Salle. Brother Ptolemy (Dandurand) became the school’s first principal. The Brothers gave the school direction and purpose and a set of core values that the school still holds dear today. A school, our school, was born.

With the Brothers’ arrival in the fall of 1871 a new era was about to begin for Catholic education in the state. In 1876, Bishop Thomas Hendricken, who like his predecessors was deeply impressed by the devotion and dedication of the Christian Brothers, gave the school its official name, La Salle Academy, in honor of the founder of the Christian Brothers... lasalle-academy.org