page_title: Renaissance Providence Hotel
hierarchical_section_title: Renaissance Providence Hotel
caption_attribution_description: English: The Masonic Temple Providence, Rhode Island (1927-29) — also known, since 2007, as the Renaissance Providence Hotel — in central Providence, Rhode Island, USA. The Veterans Memorial Auditorium is at right.
context_page_description: The Renaissance Providence Hotel — is one of two monumental buildings in central Providence, Rhode Island, USA, that remained unfinished and were then abandoned for decades. Originally intended as a meeting hall for the Freemasons, construction work began in 1927, but was halted in 1929 as a result of the financial crisis of that year. With the outbreak of World War II, construction was halted permanently. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993, along with the adjacent Veterans Memorial Auditorium.
context_section_description: The Renaissance Providence Hotel (historically known as the Mason Building, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places under Masonic Temple) — is one of two monumental buildings in central Providence, Rhode Island, USA, that remained unfinished and were then abandoned for decades. Originally intended as a meeting hall for the Freemasons, construction work began in 1927, but was halted in 1929 as a result of the financial crisis of that year.  With the outbreak of World War II, construction was halted permanently. It was added (under the name "Masonic Temple") to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993, along with the adjacent Veterans Memorial Auditorium.
caption: The building with adjacent Veterans Memorial Auditorium at right.
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