description: Providence citizens, always conservative, have shown an abiding interest in preserving the city's heritage. And a review of what this city has retained from its past explains that interest. An old city laid out on both sides of a river that once widened into a cove, Providence first spread up a steep hill on the East Side. Here, Benefit Street still boasts an unbroken row of 18th Century houses; here are the early Republican mansions of some of Providence's richest early merchants. Here stand the First Baptist Meeting House of 1775, St. John's Episcopal Church of 1810, and the First Congregational Church of 1816. Here along the waterfront are the town's brick Market House (1772) and the early 19th century warehouse.... This survey by the Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission has been financed in part with federal funds from the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. This survey of the cultural and historical resources of the City of Providence is part of an effort to discover, evaluate and protect historic sites, buildings, structures and objects. It accomplishes the task of identifying these resources, establishing a context for their understanding and presenting these results in a publicly accessible format, this book.
language: English
title: Providence: A citywide survey of historic resources
titlecomplete: Providence: A citywide survey of historic resources
publisher: Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission