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Providence City Hall is the center of the municipal government in Providence, Rhode Island. It is located at the southwest end of Kennedy Plaza at 25 Dorrance Street in Providence. The building was constructed between 1875 and 1878, and designed by Samuel J. F. Thayer in the Second Empire style .
The Office of City Engineer of Providence, Rhode Island is an office that is credited with the design of a number of notable public works. Its Chemical Building, for example, was built in 1900 and displays Late Victorian architecture. A number of its works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1] [2]
A plaque commemorates Abraham Lincoln's 1860 address in the Railroad Hall, which previously stood on the site of the Federal Building.. In 1900 the rapidly growing city of Providence began pressing Rhode Island's congressional delegation and officials in Washington about the need for a new federal building to replace the U.S. Customshouse.
The Providence City Council passed a law Thursday night to require that municipal buildings become carbon-neutral by 2040. The ordinance, sponsored by 10 of the body's 15 members – including ...
Exchange Place, ca. 1890. City Hall at center; to its right is the First Union Station, where Burnside park currently exists. Between 1875 and 1878, the city of Providence constructed City Hall to the immediate southwest of the station. The municipality contemporaneously erected a fire station at the opposite extremity of the plaza. [6]
One Citizens Plaza is a 13-story office building in Providence, Rhode Island [1] situated at the confluence of the Moshassuck and Woonasquatucket Rivers. It is the headquarters of Citizens Bank. [2] Standing at 180 ft (55 m), One Citizens Plaza is tied with the Brown University Sciences Library as the 13th-tallest building in the city.
As the city grew, the city government purchased the third floor from the Masons, and eventually occupied the entire building, which was then renamed the "City Building." [4] By 1845 the city government outgrew the building and drew up plans to build a new City Hall. By 1878 the new City Hall was completed and the city vacated Market House. [4]
Original 120 acres (0.49 km 2) of city of Providence, laid out by Roger Williams. Contains many well-preserved 18th- and 19th-century buildings and homes as well as Brown and the Rhode Island School of Design