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The following is a list of buildings at Brown University. Five buildings are listed with the United States Department of the Interior's National Register of Historic Places: University Hall (1770), Nightingale–Brown House (1792), Gardner House (1806), Corliss–Brackett House (1887), and the Ladd Observatory (1891). [1]
The name refers to the neighborhood's topography and numerous higher educational institutions: Brown University, Rhode Island School of Design, Pembroke College, and the since–relocated Bryant University. Prior to Brown University's 1770 relocation to Providence, the area was known as Prospect Hill. [3]
The Captain Stephen Olney House is a historic site in North Providence, Rhode Island. It is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 -story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a pair of interior chimneys. The principal exterior decoration is in the front door surround, which features pilasters supporting an entablature and gable pediment.
Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in an online map. [ 1 ] There are 433 properties and districts listed on the National Register in Providence County, including 15 National Historic Landmarks .
It was originally constructed as a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story single room house with a chamber upstairs. By 1711 the house was expanded with a two-story lean-to by 1711. At an unknown later date, the top of the roof of the original house was raised up further. The original portion of the house was restored by Norman Isham in 1895. The Roger Mowry Tavern ...
Olney Street–Alumni Avenue Historic District is a residential historic district in northeastern Providence, Rhode Island. Located just north of the Moses Brown School campus, this is an enclave of 53 tasteful yet conservative houses built between about 1880 and 1938. It includes houses along Olney Street and Alumni Avenue between Hope and ...
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The John Brown House borders the campus of Brown University at 52 Power Street on College Hill in Providence, Rhode Island.Completed in 1788, it was the first mansion to be built in Providence and is named after its first owner, John Brown, a statesman, merchant, slave trader, and early benefactor of the University.