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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Providence
Providence, Rhode Island and Vicinity
▶ Providence County (161) ▶ Bristol County (4) ▶ Kent County (15) ▶ Windham County, Connecticut (77) ▶ Bristol County, Massachusetts (134) ▶ Norfolk County, Massachusetts (80) ▶ Worcester County, Massachusetts (233)
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On Hope Street at Cushing Street, on the right when traveling north on Hope Street. |
| | The Brown Bear was introduced in 1904 as the athletic mascot and symbol of the College. Throughout the decades, the Bear has been represented in verse, song, and image, as well as by live bears named Bruno, costumed students, and campus statuary. . . . — — Map (db m151684) HM |
| On North Main Street, on the left when traveling north. Reported permanently removed. |
| | By the end of the Revolutionary War, the center of town had moved to several blocks south of this point. From 1820 to 1850 the Blackstone Canal and Providence and Worcester Railroad were built along the western edge of this plot, and Canal Street . . . — — Map (db m106872) HM |
| On North Main Street (U.S. 1), on the left when traveling north. Reported permanently removed. |
| | Though uninhabited on the eve of its settlement by Europeans, this area already had a 7000 year history of activity by native Americans. In 1636, this land was the low, marshy shoreline of a large saltwater cove to the west, along the eastern side . . . — — Map (db m56175) HM |
| Near North Main Street (U.S. 1) at Howland Street, on the left when traveling north. |
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at last to proclaim a true and absolute Soul-Freedom to all the people of the land impartially, so that no person be forced to pray nor pay, otherwise than as his Soul believeth and consenteth.
Roger Williams, from Butler's . . . — — Map (db m115209) HM |
| Near North Main Street (U.S. 1) south of Smith Street, on the left when traveling north. |
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There is no National Memorial to Roger Williams here [in Washington], unlike the monuments to other national heroes like Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln. Our National Memorial is in Rhode Island, where he lived and left us a philosophical . . . — — Map (db m115205) HM |
| On North Main Street, in the median. |
| | In 1636, Roger Williams bought land from the Narragansett chiefs and established a colony here near the site of a fresh water spring. Naming the town for God's providence to him, Williams declared the settlement a shelter for the persecuted of all . . . — — Map (db m56176) HM |
| On North Main Street, on the left when traveling north. Reported permanently removed. |
| | This intersection was the earliest center of colonial Providence. A grist mill stood just north, at the falls of Moshassuck River, and a tannery and taverns were nearby across the street. In 1676 the natives of many tribes united against the New . . . — — Map (db m56152) HM |
| On Westminster Street at Memorial Boulevard (U.S. 44), on the right when traveling west on Westminster Street. Reported damaged. |
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In the 18th century the west side of the Providence River, now Downtown Providence and the Financial District, was known as the Weybosset Side after the name of its first street. With the dawn of the 19th century, development surged on the . . . — — Map (db m151701) HM |
| On Exchange Street at Exchange Terrace, on the left when traveling north on Exchange Street. |
| | Burnside — — Map (db m151650) WM |
| On Washington Street just east of Snow Street, on the right when traveling east. |
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In 1959, Annye came to Providence from Montgomery, Alabama. She'd answered an advertisement in the newspaper, placed by an East Side widower who was looking for a live-in caretaker for his children.
On this spring evening, ready to have her . . . — — Map (db m151645) HM |
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Providences Downtown was not always located in its present location across the river.
The first town center was located along the Moshassock River and North Main Street near St. Johns Episcopal Church.
The second Downtown was located around . . . — — Map (db m107762) HM |
| On Weybosset Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Organized in 1743 under the leadership of Joseph Snow Sr. as ruling elder First minister Rev Joseph Snow Jr. 1743-1793 Original meeting house built on this site 1744-6 Present building dedicated in 1810 Vestry and Chancel remodeled and present . . . — — Map (db m56338) HM |
| Near Meeting Street just west of Thayer Street, on the left. |
| | Former site of the Bethel A.M.E. Church 1866-1961
Beginning as a free mission in 1795, members met in the African Meeting House before purchasing this lot in 1820. The services were held in the homes of the members for over 40 years. In 1866, . . . — — Map (db m30314) HM |
| On India Street 0.2 miles east of Tockwotton Street, on the right when traveling east. |
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In 1793, John Brown and associates built the first bridge to connect India Point with what is now East Providence. A toll bridge was variously called John Brown's Bridge, India Bridge, and finally Washington Bridge, because of a wooden statue of . . . — — Map (db m151685) HM |
| On F C Greene Memorial Blvd., on the left when traveling south. |
| | Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski
Soldier of Liberty
American Revolutionary Hero
1747-1779
This monument was erected by the Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski Bi-Centennial memorial committee of Rhode Island in memory of Casimir Pulaski. A . . . — — Map (db m57674) HM |
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This memorial recognizes Brown Universitys connection to the trans-Atlantic slave trade and the work of Africans and African-Americans, enslaved and free, who helped build our university, Rhode island, and the nation.
In 2003 Brown . . . — — Map (db m107414) HM |
| On South Main Street (U.S. 44) at College Street, on the left when traveling north on South Main Street. |
| | Near this spot the men and women of Providence showed their resistance to the unfair taxation by burning British Taxed tea in the night March 2nd 1775 — — Map (db m56349) HM |
| On Canal Street (U.S. 44) north of Park Row, on the left when traveling south. |
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In 1830, the area around you was bustling with activity that dramatically changed the landscape of the Blackstone Valley. The Blackstone Canal, across Canal Street from where you stand, was an economic lifeline. The canal linked Providence's . . . — — Map (db m122505) HM |
| On Benefit Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark
Under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935
This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating and illustrating the history of the United States
US . . . — — Map (db m56155) HM |
| | Providence Harbor walk at Fox Point & India Point
1. Fox Point and Night Boat Era 1822-1932 Firefly challenges the Stagecoach Era
2. Colonial Wharf at South Water Street: 1910-1942
3. Fox Point Hurricanes Barrier 1961-1966 Construction and . . . — — Map (db m75989) HM |
| On Congdon Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Built in 1874 as the second meeting house and a place of worship for the 19th century Afro-American community — — Map (db m57751) HM |
| On South Court Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | This edifice of which the older portion was begun in the year of Our Lord 1760 and first occupied in 1762 was used as Court and State House by the Colony and State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations until the year 1900 — — Map (db m56158) HM |
| On South Water Street (U.S. 44) at Packet Street, on the right when traveling south on South Water Street. |
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Providence has changed dramatically since its founding in 1636, from the early settlement enriched by farmland, to the town competing with Newport for trade, to the thriving capital it is today. This evolution can be evaluated through a case . . . — — Map (db m151732) HM |
| On Dyer Street 0.1 miles north of Friendship Street, on the right when traveling north. |
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This plaque commemorates the one-hundredth anniversary of Ireland's 1916 Easter Rising. During that armed insurrection in Dublin and other parts of the country, against British colonial rule, Ireland was proclaimed a sovereign, independent . . . — — Map (db m151749) HM |
| | Members of the Afro-American community met in the vestry of this historic church in 1819 to establish the 1st African Meeting House in Rhode Island. — — Map (db m57750) HM |
| On Main Street at Washington Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. |
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This memorial plaque is presented
by the
American Baptist Churches USA
to
First Baptist Church in America
Providence, Rhode Island
On the Occasion of its 375th Anniversary
1638 - 2013
Who from its founding by Roger . . . — — Map (db m122521) HM |
| On Mathewson Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Site of the "first' Professional Theater in Providence from August 6, 1795- September 23, 1832 — — Map (db m56281) HM |
| On South Main Street (U.S. 44), on the right when traveling north. |
| | On this lot stood the first town house of Providence here from time to time Roger Williams presided over freemen from 1644-1647 — — Map (db m56159) HM |
| On Washington Street just south of Greene Street, on the right when traveling north. |
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Established 10 April 1821 at Westminster and Union Streets.
Third Sanctuary dedicated, 20 November 1872.
Founding member, Rhode Island State Council of Churches, 1937.
Organizing member, Providence Intown Churches Association, 1974. . . . — — Map (db m151643) HM |
| On Thomas Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Fleur-De-Lys Studio
Has been designated a National Historic Landmark
This building possesses National Significance in Commemorating the History of the United States of America
1992
National Park Services
United States Department of the . . . — — Map (db m57749) HM |
| On Fountain Street at Mathewson Street, on the right when traveling north on Fountain Street. |
| | At the turn of the century, the area around Mathewson Street was the core of Providence's entertainment district. By 1916, Providence had as many as sixteen theaters.
The site next to Grace Church marked the changes. The Nickel theater known as . . . — — Map (db m56464) HM |
| | Cape Verdean Immigration to Rhode Island
The Cape Verdean community in Fox Point originated from the Cape Verde Islands, a tiny archipelago lying 240 nautical miles off the coast of West Africa. Uninhabited prior to discovery by the Portuguese . . . — — Map (db m75995) HM |
| | Providence Harbor walk at Fox Point & India Point
1. Fox Point and Night Boat Era 1822-1932 Firefly challenges the Stagecoach Era
2. Colonial Wharf at South Water Street: 1910-1942
3. Fox Point Hurricanes Barrier 1961-1966 Construction and . . . — — Map (db m75992) HM |
| On Canal Street, in the median. |
| | Near this spot lived Gabriel Bernon a Huguenot Refugee
Born Larochelle France April 6, 1644
Died Providence February 1, 1736
Merchant Colonizer Churchman — — Map (db m56148) HM |
| On Old Bridge Path at Power Street, on the right when traveling south on Old Bridge Path. |
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"What Cheer, Netop?"
Roger Williams Landing, 1636
If you were standing on this spot at any time prior to the late 1870's, you would have been standing (or more likely, swimming) in the Seekonk River. The original shoreline was several . . . — — Map (db m151691) HM |
| On South Main Street (U.S. 44) just from College Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | To
Giovanni Da Verrazzano
The navigator from Italy
who in 1524 crossed the perilous northern Ocean
First to
behold the coast of the future United States
cast anchor in this bay
explore its islands
one of which because of its shape . . . — — Map (db m56325) HM |
| On Canal Street (U.S. 44), on the left when traveling south. Reported permanently removed. |
| | Roger Williams died in Providence early in 1683, and was buried with a simple ceremony behind his home, near today's intersection of Benefit St. and Bowen St. Remains at the site were exhumed in 1860 and removed to the Old North Burying Ground. In . . . — — Map (db m56154) HM |
| On South Main Street at Planet Street, on the right when traveling north on South Main Street. |
| | "Sons of Liberty"
Upon this corner stood Sabin Tavern in which on the evening of June 9th 1772 the party and organized to destroy the H.R.M. schooner Gaspee.
In the destruction of which was shed the first blood in the American Revolution — — Map (db m56292) HM |
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Erected in 1822 by Nicholas Brown, 1786
Trustee 1791 – 1825, Treasurer 1796 – 1825, Fellow 1825 – 1841, as a gift to the University which bears his name.
Renovated in 1891 under the direction of Marshall Woods, 1845, . . . — — Map (db m107405) HM |
| On George St. at Magee St., on the right when traveling east on George St.. |
| | This building honors the memory of
Horace Mann
1796-1859
Brown University class of 1819
Father of American public education, Statesman, reformer, and advocate for the abolition of slavery — — Map (db m59206) HM |
| On Powers Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | The home of John Brown Reflecting the wealth and position gained from his lucrative career as a slave trader, privateer, China trade merchant and Patriot. — — Map (db m56014) HM |
| On Canal Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | If this were the year 1828 you could climb aboard the barge Lady Carrington and travel by water all the way to Worcester.
It was October 8, 1828 and the Blackstone Canal had opened for passenger and cargo service between Providence and Worcester. . . . — — Map (db m56470) HM |
| On Hope Street at Angell Street, on the right when traveling north on Hope Street. |
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Lippitt House
has been designated a
National
Historic Landmark
This site possesses national significance
in commemorating the history of the
United States of America
1976
National Park Service
United States . . . — — Map (db m151683) HM |
| On Westminster Street at Memorial Boulevard (U.S. 44), on the right when traveling west on Westminster Street. Reported damaged. |
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During the early history of Providence, hurricanes were known as gales. The first recorded gale occurred on the night of October 24, 1761. A hard gale brought the highest tide into the harbor of Providence that had been known in the memory of man . . . — — Map (db m151702) HM |
| On Exchange Terrace 0.1 miles east of Fountain Street (U.S. 1), on the right when traveling east. |
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Rhode Island's Tribute to
Major Henry Harrison Young
for valor, during the Civil War,
1861 - 1865.
Major Second R.I. Volunteers Inf'.
Brevet Lieut. Col. U.S. Vols.
Chief of Scouts to Gen. Sheridan.
"To Major H.H. . . . — — Map (db m151641) WM |
| On F C Greene Memorial Blvd., on the left when traveling west. |
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to
Gugliemo Marconi
Father of
Wireless Telegraphy
A grateful generation erects this monument in thanksgiving for the wondrous gift of aerial communication which has enriched commerce and industry. Fostered the arts and sciences. . . . — — Map (db m57581) HM |
| On Rochambeau Avenue just east of Lorimer Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
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Morris Brown House
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Built 1793 — — Map (db m151679) HM |
| On Olney Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | The Site of the Second Major Riot in 19th century Providence between Afro-American residents and white workers. — — Map (db m57584) HM |
| On Meeting Street just east of Brown Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The building adjacent to this site housed
Pembroke College
Founded in 1891 with six students, the Woman's College in Brown University formally established in 1896 and renamed Pembroke College in 1928. The first women to receive degrees were . . . — — Map (db m56330) HM |
| On Eddy Street at Mutual Street, on the right when traveling south on Eddy Street. |
| | PHA
Dedicated To Our Founder
Prince Hall
First Grand Master
Free and Accepted Masons
Patriot Soldier Teacher
Sept. 1748 - Dec. 1807 — — Map (db m57580) HM |
| On Eddy Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Hiram Lodge No.3 of the Prince Hall Masons was founded in 1797. It is the second oldest lodge in Masonic history. The Masonic order has played an invaluable role in the development of Afro-American moral values. Social skills and leadership . . . — — Map (db m57579) HM |
| On South Water Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The site of an 18th century seaport village where seafaring merchants participated in the African slave trade. In the 20th century this port was used by Cape Verdeans who came to live in America. — — Map (db m56287) HM |
| On Washington Street 0.2 miles east of Dorrance Street, on the left when traveling east. |
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1600s
Imagine you are here in 1636, when Providence looked very different.
Providence Harbor was full of ships, an active hub for fishing and trade. It played an important role as the city grew.
1700s
In the 1700s, the . . . — — Map (db m151649) HM |
| On Benefit Street at Meeting Street, on the left when traveling north on Benefit Street. |
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From this armory there went for service at the
front, during the War for the Union 1861-1865,
First Battery: Captain Charles H. Tompkins
Battery A Captain William H. Reynolds
Battery B Captain Thomas F. Vaughan
Battery C Captain . . . — — Map (db m122517) HM |
| Near Washington Place at Canal Walk, on the right when traveling east. Reported damaged. |
| | Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Preservation Preservation & Heritage Commission
[The left half of this section has been removed and makes the section illegible]
Rhode Island Historical Society
A short distance from here . . . — — Map (db m151714) HM |
| On Bridge Street at India Street, on the left when traveling north on Bridge Street. |
| | Providence River Bridge: Its Design and Construction
Design: The Providence River Bridge is 1,235 feet long and 164 feet wide. Its arch span is 80 feet high and 400 feet long. This structure is a modern day architectural and engineering . . . — — Map (db m151695) HM |
| On Bridge Street at Tockwotton Street, on the left when traveling north on Bridge Street. |
| | The Providence River was known by early settlers as "The Great Salt River", translated from the original Indian name. — — Map (db m151693) HM |
| Near North Main Street (U.S. 1) at Bowen Street, on the left when traveling north. |
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Roger Williams said there was no amount of money that could have purchased Providence.
In 1636, Williams and the Narragansett tribal leaders, or Sachems, Cononicus and Miantonomo, negotiated for the land that became Providence. Together, they . . . — — Map (db m115211) HM |
| On Weybosset Street at Abbott Park place, on the right when traveling north on Weybosset Street. |
| | On this site Providence R.I. July 5th 1999 in conjunction with the 22nd general Synod of the United Church of Christ a group of church and community people gathered in an act of repentance for African American slavery and in celebration of human . . . — — Map (db m56283) HM |
| On South Water Street at Packett Street, on the right when traveling south on South Water Street. |
| | In the decade before the Revolutionary War, the British were enforcing revenue laws by stationing maritime law enforcement vessels in Newport Harbor and Narragansett Bay. In 1769, Newport citizens burned the British sloop in protest of violations . . . — — Map (db m151735) HM |
| On South Main Street (U.S. 44) at Hopkins Street, on the left when traveling north on South Main Street. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m151716) HM |
| On Dyer Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The great famine of 1845-1851 was the most important event of the Nineteenth century Ireland. In the seven terrible years between 1845 and 1851, the potato crop, on which a large majority of the Irish people depended for their survival, failed . . . — — Map (db m56278) HM |
| On South Main Street (U.S. 44), on the left when traveling north. |
| | In Tribute to Rhode Island Korean War Veterans — — Map (db m56348) WM |
| On Dorrance Street, in the median. |
| | Erected by the people of Rhode Island to the memory of the brave men who died that their country might live
(Plaque): Civil War Monument This monument commemorates the members of the 1st Rhode Island regiment and the 14th Rhode . . . — — Map (db m56161) HM |
| | To hold forth a lively experiment that a most flourishing civil state may stand and best be maintained with full liberty in religious concernments — — Map (db m62089) HM |
| On South Main Street just south of Hopkins Street, on the left when traveling north. |
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No lapse of time No distance of space Shall cause you to be forgotten
Everett
Yours has the suffering been The memory shall be ours
Longfellow
We are grateful to the ninety six thousand
Rhode . . . — — Map (db m151721) WM |
| On South Water Street (U.S. 44) 0.1 miles south of Power Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Rise of the Gangways
1704-1844
Providence was transformed in the 1700s from a rural hamlet to a seaport busily trading with other colonies, England, the West Indies and Africa. Tall masted ships docked as far north as Hall's Wharf (now . . . — — Map (db m151724) HM |
| On South Water Street (U.S. 44) at Memorial Boulevard (U.S. 44), on the right when traveling east on South Water Street. Reported damaged. |
| | History
During the late 1970's, planners began to focus on some of the longstanding urban design issues in Downtown Providence. Elevated railroad tracks and parking lots divided Downtown from the State House and Smith Hill. The . . . — — Map (db m151743) HM |
| On Dyer Street at Providence River Greenway, on the right when traveling north on Dyer Street. |
| | Upriver from this place, the granite-clad pedestrian bridge marks the beginning of the original Providence River Relocation Project, which extends 1½ miles around the Financial District, then west to Waterplace and the Providence Place Mall. . . . — — Map (db m151746) HM |
| On Main Street (U.S. 44) at Hopkins Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street. |
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A turning point in the American Revolution came in February 1780, when the King of France approved a plan to send an army to help the Americans. A French fleet carrying thousands of soldiers arrived fie months later in Newport, where they spent . . . — — Map (db m151723) HM |
| On Main Street (U.S. 44) at Howland Street, on the left when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | The Spring of clear cold water located thirty feet west of this point led Roger Williams to found Providence here in the year 1636 from which center has developed in four directions — — Map (db m122490) HM |
| Near India Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Roger Williams, the founder of Rhode Island, was born in London in 1603. After graduating from Cambridge University in 1627, Williams took holy orders in the church of England. In 1630 he emigrated to the New World and settled in the Massachusetts . . . — — Map (db m57585) HM |
| Near North Main Street (U.S. 1) at North Court Street, on the left when traveling north. |
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Welcome to the birthplace of religious freedom in the United States. Roger Williams, fleeing religious persecution in England and Massachusetts Bay Colony, founded Providence here in 1636. The original inhabitants, the Narragansett and Wampanoag, . . . — — Map (db m115217) HM |
| Near Canal Street south of Smith Street, on the left when traveling south. |
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For thousands of years before European settlement, people came from across the region to the Great Salt Cove to hunt, fish, and farm. The Narragansett, Wampanoag, Massachusett, and Nipmuc all used the trails that intersected here on the upper . . . — — Map (db m115212) HM |
| On Meeting Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Built by publisher John Carter in 1772 to house the printing press of the Providence Gazette, the post office and a bookshop as well as Carter's growing family, this is one of the oldest three-story structures in Providence. So named for the . . . — — Map (db m56034) HM |
| On Wheaton Street at Pratt Street, on the right when traveling west on Wheaton Street. |
| | Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones, the internationally celebrated soprano known as "Black Patti" lived near this site at 7 Wheaton Street until her passing on June 24, 1933.
With 17 medals and a diamond tiara bestowed upon her, she was the highest . . . — — Map (db m56160) HM |
| On Main Street (U.S. 44) at Howland Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. |
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A few rods east of
this spot stood the
House
of
Roger Williams
Founder of Providence
1636 — — Map (db m122501) HM |
| On Smith Street (Rhode Island Route 44) just east of Canal Street (U.S. 44), on the right when traveling east. |
| | The site of the second major riot between Providence Afro-American residents and White workers — — Map (db m56149) HM |
| On Benefit Street at Meeting Street, on the left when traveling north on Benefit Street. |
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Battery A R.I.N.G.
Mexican Border
June 28 - October 10 1916
———————————
1917 YD 1919
World War I
103rd Field Artillery
26th, Yankee Division, A.E.F.
In . . . — — Map (db m122515) WM |
| On Steeple Street (U.S. 44) at Canal Street (U.S. 44), on the right when traveling west on Steeple Street. |
| | [The marker shows the width of the bridge at several points in history:]
1711 - 1743
1744 - 1791
1792 - 1815 — — Map (db m151707) HM |
| On Steeple Street (U.S. 44) at Canal Walk on Steeple Street. |
| | [The marker shows the width of the bridge at several points in history:]
1816 - 1843
1844 - 1890
1891 - 1987 — — Map (db m151708) HM |
| On Steeple Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | The Steeple Street Complex was built in three main stages between 1827 and 1847 during a key period in Providence's growth into a leading commercial and industrial city. When Joseph Congdon and Randall Green built the first section, 3 Steeple, to . . . — — Map (db m56171) HM |
| On Washington Street at Eddy Street, on the right when traveling west on Washington Street. |
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Stephanie tells me that she was born in Senegal and spoke only French as a child, but Ashley was born in Providence. They say that their family is originally from Cape Verde, an island chain off the coast of West Africa that was uninhabited until . . . — — Map (db m151648) HM |
| On Hopkins Street at Benefit Street, on the right when traveling east on Hopkins Street. |
| | Ten times Governor of Rhode Island
Chief Justice of the Superior Court
Chancellor of Brown University
Member of the Colonial Congress
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
Lived in this house 1743-1785
Washington was here a guest . . . — — Map (db m56030) HM |
| On Washington Street at Adrian Hall Way, on the right when traveling west on Washington Street. Reported damaged. |
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Styles remembers being a child in Wakefield, growing up in a small cottage near the ocean, with an outhouse at the back and a fire burning in the pot-bellied stove. He and his cousins would ride in the back of his grandfather's truck to . . . — — Map (db m151644) HM |
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Has Been Designated a National Historic Landmark
this site posses National significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America
An important example of modern monolithic granite construction, this is one of the most . . . — — Map (db m44926) HM |
| On Hawthorne Ave, on the left when traveling south. |
| | In memory of two Haitian Freedom Fighters born into slavery, Toussaint Louverture and Jean-Jacques Dessalines symbolized those who fought for the liberation of Saint Dominque from its colonial bonds between 1791-1804. Armed with the conviction that . . . — — Map (db m57583) HM |
| On Benefit Street at Meeting Street, on the left when traveling north on Benefit Street. |
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For gallant conduct at Petersburg, VA
April 2, 1865
SGT Archibald Malbourne SGT John H. Havron
CPL James A. Barber CPL Samuel E. Lewis
PVT John Corcoran PVT Charles D. Ennis
PVT George W. Potter
Dedicated by the
Providence Marine . . . — — Map (db m122516) WM |
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The Brown bear was originally cast in plaster by Eli Harvey. A fund raiser campaign to "put a hair on the bear" was led by Senator Theodore Francis Green Class of 1887, and resulted in the commission of a bronze sculpture in 1923, the bronze bear . . . — — Map (db m56087) HM |
| Near North Main Street. Reported permanently removed. |
| | In the 1700's, the open shoreline on the west side of the street gradually filled with shops and houses. Stores backed onto the cove and often had docks extending into the water for easy loading of wares in the flourishing colonial trade. Between . . . — — Map (db m76655) HM |
| Near Dyer Street at Friendship Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The Changing Face of the West Bank
Unlike the straight waterline of the east bank of the Providence River—formed by the steep, rising hillside—the west bank was irregular and swampy. By 1819, while the entire length of the east . . . — — Map (db m151751) HM |
| On Crawford Street (U.S. 44) at South Water Street (Route 44), on the right when traveling east on Crawford Street. |
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Market Square and the Weybossett Bridge became the head of navigation in the Old Harbor with the construction of a fixed type bridge in 1816. Ships docked along the northern portion of South Water Street (now Memorial Park) and were serviced from . . . — — Map (db m151741) HM |
| On North Main Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Founded by
Roger Williams
A.D. 1638
The oldest
Baptist Church
in America
The oldest church in this state
This meeting house erected
A.D. 1773 — — Map (db m56032) HM |
| On Canal Walk at Canal Walk, on the left when traveling west on Canal Walk. Reported damaged. |
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The First Baptist Meeting House is locate one block east of this bridge at 75 North Main Street. Founded in 1638 by Roger Williams, the First Baptist Church is the oldest Baptist congregation in America and has held continuous services since . . . — — Map (db m151712) HM |
| Near Prospect Street just south of Waterman Street, on the left when traveling south. |
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1770 - 1840
Near this location
was the first
official residence
of the
President of
Brown University — — Map (db m151704) HM |
| | Providence Harbor walk at Fox Point & India Point
1. Fox Point and Night Boat Era 1822-1932 Firefly challenges the Stagecoach Era.
2. Colonial Wharf at South Water Street: 1910-1942
3. Fox Point Hurricanes Barrier 1961-1966 Construction and . . . — — Map (db m75988) HM |
| On Dyer Street just south of South Water Street (U.S. 44), on the right when traveling north. |
| | The ship George Washington was the last of three ships all named by John Brown after his friend and compatriot. The 624-ton ship George Washington, designed for the India trade, was built in Providence in 1793 and made its first voyage . . . — — Map (db m151748) HM |
| | 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, 1798
Meeting Place of
The most Worshipful Grand Lodge
F & A. M. of Rhode . . . — — Map (db m75998) HM |
| On College Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | adapted from The Civic and Architectural Development of Providence by John Hutchins Cady
Just to the north of where you are now standing the first bridge across the Providence River was erected in 1660, connecting the shore of the Neck with . . . — — Map (db m56466) HM |
| On Fountain Street (U.S. 1) just south of Union Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | During the hurricane and flood of September 21, 1938 the waters rose to this level — — Map (db m151642) HM |
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