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Northeast face on Empire Street, Addition in 1954 Library interior in 2019. Providence Public Library of Providence, Rhode Island was founded in 1875. The central library building at 225 Washington Street opened in 1900 and was constructed in a Renaissance style with private donations including a large donation from John Nicholas Brown I, and a large addition was built in 1954. [4]
The building is open to the public, but only members can check out items from the collection. The library was established in 1836 as a merger between two earlier subscription libraries: The Providence Library Company, founded in 1753, and the Providence Athenaeum, founded in 1831.
A previous Point Street Bridge from the Providence Public Library's Digital Collections Article containing a photograph of the previous Point Street Bridge from the Providence Journal This article about a bridge in Rhode Island is a stub .
By July 2004, the Providence Public Library had cut 21 librarians and 14 clerical workers and slashed hours at the Central Library, eliminating all Saturday hours and most weekday evening hours.
Harold Mason Photograph Collection (c.1910–c.1920), Providence Public Library. R. Livinsgton Beeckman moved to 13 Brown Street in 1913 [ 5 ] and used the building while in office from 1915 to 1921. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The "executive residence" was the site of an annual reception for members of the [R.I.] Legislature [ 9 ] as well as an annual ...
South Providence Library: 441 Prairie Ave., 401-467-2619; Wednesday: 11:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. The rest of the week, the following libraries will serve as cooling centers: Mt. Pleasant Library: 315 ...
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