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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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Discover the people who lived there, the places they visited and the stories they shared.
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...
lostnewengland.com
Postcard
Posted in the Past: Revealing the true stories written on a postcard
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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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Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Arcade, Providence
THE HISTORY & TOPOGRAPHY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, published by J & F Tallis in London about 1850.
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Scenes in Providence
Picturesque America... Oliver Bell Bunce, William Cullen Bryant
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1872-1874.
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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.