Redeveloped (69 entries)
101 North Main Street
Built 19??, photos starting March 2006. Redeveloped by The Armory Revival Company and designed by Kite Architects.
53-65 Ashburton St
Built circa 1900 as a firehouse. 65 Ashburton redeveloped into a store in 2006. Damiano Brothers welding is next door at 53 Ashburton St and will soon be home to Snookers.
755 Westminster Street
Built 19??, photos on March 2006. Redeveloped by The Armory Revival Company 2002.
American Locomotive Co.
Built ??, photos starting March 2006. Bounded by Valley Street, Hemlock Street, Harris Avenue and Eagle Street, Olneyville, Providence.
Bayley Lofts
Built 1888, photos starting February 2003. Vacant since 1980. Part of the National Register Church Hill Industrial District, 1982.
Brown and Sharpe / The Foundry
Built 1872, partially vacant since 1964. Photos starting 2001. National Register Historic Status 2003. Redeveloped into the Promenade 2004. Architect (partial) Thomas McFarlane.
Brown’s Medical School
Built 1928, designed by architect Frank S. Perry. Renovated for office space in 1978, and purchased by Brown University in 2009.
Burgess/O’Gorman building
Built 1870 (Burgess) and 1925 (O’Gorman), photos starting 2002. Developed by Cornish Associates in 2002-2004.
Butcher Block Mills
Built 1908-1926, photos starting 2011. Redeveloped starting 2010 as art studio spaces.
Calender MIlls
Built 1845-1918, photos November 2005. National Register Status (individual) for the Providence Calendering Company.
Capt. Tillinghast House
Built circa 1767 and appeared on 2008 & 2009 PPS Ten MOst Endangered List. The only well-preserved pre-Revolutionary War structure left on the lower part of South Main Street.
Chapel View
Built 1881-1891, photos starting March, 2002. Restored and converted to retail space by Carpionato Prop, overlooking Garden City, Cranston.
Dreyfus Hotel
Built 1890s, photos starting April 2005. Redeveloped by AS220, with architects Durkee Brown Viveiros Werenfels and contractors TRAC Buiders.
Dunkin’ Donuts Center
Built 1972, opened in 1973. Original architects Ellerbee Associates. Redeveloped and improved in 2006-2008.
Engine Station 9
Built 1856, photos starting March 2003. Broadway-Armory National Register Historic District status.
Fleet Library at RISD
Built 1919, photos starting 2004. First-floor listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Designed 1917 by York & Sawyer. Renovation architect Office dA.
Fletcher Building (RISD)
Built 1895-1903. Photos starting October 2004. Redeveloped 1998-2004. George Waterman Cady, original architect.
Fox Point Bath House
Built in 1926 as, well, a bath house for the community of Fox Point, but it's been vacant for what looks like quite a while. Will it ever get redeveloped?
Halstead at Slatersville Mill
Built 1826-1893, empty and vacant for at least 20 years. Redeveloped starting in 2005 as the Halstead; project architect Newport Collaborative Architects. Slatersville Historic District, National Register of Historic Places, added 1973.
Hotel Providence
Built 1897, photos starting October 2003. Re-opened September 2004. Redevelopment architects Newport Collaborative Architects.
Lawton Storage
Built c.1860, photos starting June 2007. Part of the Broadway-Armory National Register Historic District.
Liberty Elm Diner
Built 1947, photos starting 2007. National Register listed January 2010 (as the Central Diner).
Marriott Renaissance Hotel
Built late 1920s, photos starting Feb 2002. Vacant since 1929. Redeveloped by Sage Hospitality Group 2004-2007 as the Renaissance Hotel. National Register Historic status 2006.
McDevitt Building
Built 1887-1888 in Queen Anne style, remodeled mid-20th century in Art Deco. Redeveloped summer-fall 2009.
Monohasset Mills
Built 1866, photos starting June 2005. Redeveloped starting 2002. J.C. Bucklin, original architect.
Mowry Nicholson House
Built 1856, 1867, 1877. Photos starting 2002. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing building in the Smith Hill Historic District.
Pawtucket Armory
Built 1894, photos starting April 2003. 43,200 square feet of space insid. Part of the Exchange Street Historic District, and individually listed on the National Register, 1983.
Pearl Street Lofts
Built 1850-1865, photos starting March 2004. Redeveloped by the Armory Revival Company during 2004-2005 with Durkee, Brown, Viveiros & Werenfels Architects
Peerless Company
Built 1890s, photos starting June 2004. Re-opened as apartments in Summer 2005. Developed by Cornish Associates.
Pell Chafee Performance Center
Built 1923-29, photos starting May 19, 2003 (after AS220’s Fools Ball).
People’s Savings Bank
Built 1949, designed by Cram & Ferguson, Architects. Photos starting October 2004.
RISD’s CIT bldg
Built 1903, photos starting March 2004. Construction began April 2002. Original architects Stone Carpenter and Wilson. Renovation architects Kennedy & Violich Architects.
Rising Sun Mills
Built 1867, photos starting March 2003. Individual National Register Historic status, 2003.
Riverfront Lofts
Built 1901, photos starting February 2003. National Register Historic Status as part of Exchange St. Hist. District.
Royal Mill
Built 1860, photos starting May 2003. Vacant since 1993. National Register Historic status. David Thompson, Architect for 1890 reconstruction. SBER, developers for the 2004-08 redevelopment.
Ward Baking Company
Built 1911, remodelled 1946. Photos starting April 2012. Partially demolished 2012.
Westfield Lofts (Rau Fastner)
Built 1917, photos starting January 2003. A project of the West Elmwood Housing Development Corporation. Redevelopment architects Durkee Brown.
Weybossett Mill Dye House
Built 1880, photos starting June 2006. Redeveloped by StudioAD, an architecture firm, for their office.
Wilkinson Building
Built circa 1900, photos starting 2002. Previously vacant for 20 years. New developer, Cornish Associates.
the Plant
Built 1837-1918 by Frank P. Sheldon. Photos starting April 2004. Individual National Register Status for the Providence Dyeing, Bleaching, Calendering Company, 2004.
Updated Anecdotes
Dec 11: Eddy Estate Carraige HouseSep 22: Allen Printworks
Sep 22: Talk of the Town (Bar)
Sep 22: Gorham Silver
Jun 13: Improved Laminated Metals
Jun 13: To Kalon Club
Jun 13: Providence Aerial circa 1975
Jun 13: The Milk Can
Additional Info
Aug 18: RI AuditoriumMar 16: American Woolen
Oct 16: Clark's Flower Shop
Mar 22: Gorham Silver
Updated Photos
Oct 14: Earl P. Mason Carriage HouseJun 10: Terminal Warehouses
Apr 26: Union Wadding
Apr 26: Ward Baking, aka Victory Plating
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- 101 North Main Street
- 1088 Main Street
- 130 Vinton Street
- 53-65 Ashburton St
- 755 Westminster Street
- AT Wall Co.
- Alice building
- American Locomotive Co.
- American Woolen Co.
- Bayley Lofts
- Brown Hillel’s Froebel Hall
- Brown and Sharpe / The Foundry
- Brown’s Medical School
- Burgess/O’Gorman building
- Butcher Block Mills
- Calender MIlls
- Capt. Tillinghast House
- Chapel View
- Conley Wharf
- Cosmopolitan
- Davis Lofts
- Dreyfus Hotel
- Dunkin’ Donuts Center
- Engine Station 9
- Firehouse 13
- Fleet Library at RISD
- Fletcher Building (RISD)
- Fox Point Bath House
- Freeway Laundry
- Halstead at Slatersville Mill
- Hive Archive
- Hope Artiste Village
- Hotel Providence
- JWU Student Services Center
- L. Vaughn and Company
- Lawton Storage
- Liberty Elm Diner
- M Residential
- Marriott Renaissance Hotel
- McDevitt Building
- Mile Squared
- Monohasset Mills
- Mowry Nicholson House
- OpenDoors Housing
- Park Cinema
- Pawtucket Armory
- Pearl Street Lofts
- Peerless Company
- Pell Chafee Performance Center
- People’s Savings Bank
- Peter Green House
- RISD’s CIT bldg
- Rising Sun Mills
- Riverfront Lofts
- Rope Works
- Royal Mill
- Seven Stars
- Ship Street (J & H Electric)
- Slater Cotton Company
- Summerfield Building
- The Grant
- The Steel Yard
- Two Ton Studio
- WBNA
- Ward Baking Company
- Westfield Lofts (Rau Fastner)
- Weybossett Mill Dye House
- Wilkinson Building
- the Plant