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The Plain Farm House is an historic house in Providence, Rhode Island. It is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 -story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a central entry flanked by sidelight windows and topped by a semi-elliptical fan.
Location of Providence County in Rhode Island. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence County, Rhode Island.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States.
Allegedly the oldest house in Rhode Island until its destruction; William Coddington House Newport 1640–1641 1835 Razed 1835; Roger Mowry Tavern: Providence c. 1653: 1900 Restored and documented by Norman Isham in the late 19th century; Oldest house in Providence until its demolition in 1900; Arthur Fenner House Cranston c. 1655: 1886
It had been the family farm and was the last of the original land granted to Roger Williams in 1638 by Canonicus, chief of the Narragansett tribe. The family farmhouse was built in 1773 and is now known as the Betsey Williams Cottage; the cottage and the Williams family burial ground (including Betsey's grave) are still maintained within the park.
Benjamin Church House (Bristol, Rhode Island) Benjamin F. Greene House; Benoni Rose House; Bicknell–Armington Lightning Splitter House; Blithewold Mansion, Gardens and Arboretum; Borden Farm (Portsmouth, Rhode Island) The Breakers; John Brown House (Providence, Rhode Island) Budlong Farm; Burlingame–Noon House
In 1854, Wilson formed George F. Wilson & Co., a chemical merchandising firm in Providence, Rhode Island. That same year, Wilson approached Eben Horsford with the goal of expanding to develop and manufacture chemical products. Their first plant, in Pleasant Valley, Rhode Island, manufactured calcium sulfite. Horsford's first patent used calcium ...
The Jeremiah Dexter House is a historic colonial house in Providence, Rhode Island.It is a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story gambrel-roofed wood-frame structure, built in 1754 for printer Jeremiah Dexter on farm land that was originally granted to his ancestor Gregory Dexter, a friend and printer for Roger Williams.
Federal Hill is a neighborhood in Providence, Rhode Island.It lies immediately west of the city's Downtown, across Interstate 95.Since the late 19th century, Federal Hill has been an enclave of Providence's Italian American community; today the neighborhood is noted for its abundance of Italian restaurants, markets, and cultural establishments.