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This area was developed most heavily between 1908 and 1948, and is a well-preserved example of an early automotive suburban residential area. Most of the houses in the district are either 1-1/2 or 2-1/2 stories in height, and are built in an architecturally diverse variety of styles.
The Blackstone Boulevard Realty Plat Historic District is a historic district roughly bounded by Blackstone Blvd., Rochambeau Ave., Holly St. and Elmgrove Ave. in Providence, Rhode Island. [2] The district features architecture by Marshall B. Martin, William T. Aldrich and other structures of late 19th- and 20th-century colonial revivals.
In the 1920s Brown built several athletic facilities along Elmgrove Avenue, including Brown Stadium (1925), Aldrich Field (1925—1961), [8] and Marvel Gymnasium (1927—1989). [9] Aldrich field was sold in 1961 and developed as a residential neighborhood, with streets named for Brown presidents Maxcy, Faunce, Barbour, and Wriston. [ 8 ]
The Sister Dominica Manor, originally known as Bradford House, is a high-rise building located in the Federal Hill district of Providence, Rhode Island. Standing at 175 feet (53 meters), it is currently the 15th-tallest building in the city. [1] The Sister Domininca Manor has 16 floors, and was completed in 1966.
Area code 401 is the sole telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the U.S. state of Rhode Island. 401 is one of the original North American area codes, which were established in 1947. Area code 401 is not projected to exhaust its supply of vacant central office codes until 2055. [1]
Rhode Island College, East Campus, 600 Mount Pleasant Ave. 41°50′38″N 71°27′24″W / 41.8438°N 71.4566°W / 41.8438; -71.4566 ( State Home and School for Dependent and Neglected
Richard Gouse Field at Brown Stadium is located on Elmgrove Avenue in the city's East Side, approximately 3/4 of a mile from the rest of the athletic facilities and over a mile from the main campus. The architectural design features a trapezoid-shaped southwest stands and a smaller section of concrete bleachers on the northeast side. Stands sit ...
[4] This area is not recognized as one of Providence's 25 official neighborhoods. [ 3 ] [ 5 ] The Hospital District, a non-residential area within Upper South Providence is similarly unrecognized. The oldest, highest density neighborhoods are either those close to Downtown or proximate to the Woonasquatucket River , which provided a power ...