College Hill in Providence in Providence County, Rhode Island — The American Northeast (New England)
The Grand Lodge of Rhode Island
1797 1853
Saint Johns Lodge Number One F. & A. M. of Providence Added and used third story of this building Dedicated by Grand Master Jabez Brown December 27, 1797
Meeting Place of The most Worshipful Grand Lodge F. & A. M. of Rhode Island
Providence Royal Arch Chapter Number One 1797
Thomas Smith Webb here organized Saint Johns Commandery Number One Knights Templar 1802
Providence Council Number One of Royal and Select Masters here organized 1818
Mount Vernon Lodge Number Four F. & A. M. 1824
Grand Commandery of Knights Templars and the Appendant Order of Massachusetts and Rhode Island Here organized 1805
This tablet erected 1916
Erected 1916.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Fraternal or Sororal Organizations. A significant historical date for this entry is December 27, 1989.
Location. 41° 49.549′ N, 71° 24.488′ W. Marker is in Providence, Rhode Island, in Providence County. It is in College Hill. It is on N. Main Street. On the front of the Rhode Island School of Design. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 11 N Main Street, Providence RI 02903,
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Regionally, this marker is on Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay. It is also in the American Northeast, in New England, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Burning of British Taxed Tea (here, next to this marker); The Market House (here, next to this marker); The Hurricane of September 21st 1938 (within shouting distance of this marker); PFC Alfred Silver USA (within shouting distance of this marker); Around the Corner from Market Square (within shouting distance of this marker); The History of The Weybosset Bridge (within shouting distance of this marker); The Hurricane of September 21, 1938 (within shouting distance of this marker); Great Gale of September 23, 1815 (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Providence.
Photographed by Sandra Hughes, July 15, 2014
2. The Grand Lodge of Rhode Island Marker/Rhode Island School of Design/Market House
Photographed by Sandra Hughes, July 15, 2014
3. Rhode Island School of Design Market House
Photographed by Sandra Hughes, July 15, 2014
4. Rhode Island School of Design/The Market House
Erected 1773 -Joseph Brown Architect
John Hutchins Cady Architect of the alteration 1950
The City of Providence by deed
signed by Mayor Dennis J. Roberts
dated May 27, 1948, transferred
this building to the School for its
corporate & educational purposes.
Credits. This page was last revised on September 19, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 5, 2014, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. This page has been viewed 809 times since then and 25 times this year. Last updated on March 5, 2022, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. Photos: 1. submitted on June 22, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 5, 2014, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
