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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.
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 ...
Olney House Perry, Shaw and Hepburn 1950–1952 29 Brown St. Olney is named for Richard Olney (class of 1856), Attorney General to President Cleveland and U.S. Secretary of State. Olney House is home to the Beta Omega Chi fraternity. [128] [135] Sears House Perry, Shaw and Hepburn 1950–1952 113 George St.
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]
Late Georgian house of early benefactor of Brown University; one of the first large houses built in Providence's post-Revolutionary expansion 27: Morris Brown House: Morris Brown House: August 22, 1991 : 317 Rochambeau Ave. 28
A number of the streets in Providence bear the names of pastors of First Baptist Church, including Williams, Brown, Gregory Dexter, Thomas Olney, William Wickenden, Manning, and Stephen Gano. In 1700, Pardon Tillinghast built the first church building, a 400-square-foot (37 m 2 ) structure, near the corner of Smith and North Main Streets.
Oldest house in Providence until its demolition in 1900; Arthur Fenner House Cranston c. 1655: 1886 Arthur Fenner House (c. 1655) in Cranston, demolished 1886; John Smith House Warwick Before 1663 1779 Built by Colonial president John Smith; Razed in 1779 [18] Epenetus Olney House North Providence c. 17th century: by 1900
The building as viewed from Brown Street. Andrews House is a historic building at 13 Brown Street on the campus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. It is currently home to the Cogut Institute for the Humanities at Brown University. The building was named after the eighth president of the university E. Benjamin Andrews in 1939.