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Rest in Peace:
354 Pine Street
383 West Fountain
AAA Surgical
Blue / Atlantic Coal
Christ Episcopal Church
Eagle Square
East Side Auto
First Federal Bank
Fogarty Building
the Gulf Station
Hartford Avenue apartments
the Hope Boiler building
the Jamestown Bridge
JG Goffs
the Ladd School
Laminated Metal
RI Malleable Iron
Brown's Marvel Gym
Narragansett Brewery
Ocean House
Ocean State Steel
Phenix Mill
Pontiac Mill
Providence Machine Company
Providence National Bank
Rialto furniture
Rocky Point Amusement Park
Sears Automotive
Second Universalist Church
Silver Springs Bleaching and Dyeing
Talk of the Town bar
Thurston Saw
the former Travellers Aid
the Trolley Barn
Washington Street
Zams Gas Station


REST in PEACE {35}

The properties listed below have been demolished, either by neglect, arson, fire or for redevelopment.

354 Pine Street / Standardized Uniform
Pine and Conant Street, Pawtucket
Built 1913 // Fire broke out in March 2007
Plans to make it into live/work spaces have been abandoned, for now...
383 West Fountain Street
381-383 West Fountain Street, Providence
Built app. 1890 // Also known as Combination Ladder. Demolished soon for an Armory Revival project of the same name
AAA Surgical
Atwells Ave and Knight Street, Providence
Built app. 1950? // Demolished in June 2005 for a 10 story condo building. Nothing yet built on the site.

Blue / Atlantic Coal
Junction of Rt 10 and Rt 6, Providence
Built app. 1915 // Demolished September 2002

Christ Episcopal Church
An old church, located on Eddy Street in Providence, that succumbed to a shrinking congregation and lapsed maintenance, and finally, in January 2006, the wrecking ball.

Eagle Square
Eagle Street, Kinsley Ave, and Atwells Ave; Providence
Built starting 1866 // Demolished December 2001, but not without a fight

East Side Auto Repair
Hope Street, Providence
Built ?? // Demolished July 2002

First Federal Bank, for. Buck-a-Book
124 Westminster St, Providence
Built 1930s? // Vacant Since 2002, demolished in 2005 for a new 30 story condo tower

Fogarty Building
111 Fountain Street, Providence
Built ?? // Soon to be demolished for a new Hotel

Gulf Gas Station
25 Broadway St, Providence
Built starting 1968 // Demolished April 2003

Hartford Ave apartments
Hartford Ave, Providence
Built starting 1960s? // Demolished 1989

the Hope Boiler Building
Esten Street, Pawtucket
Built 1901 // Vacant since ??,was on fire July 28, 2004, and
demolition took place from Nov ’04 to Feb ’05

Jamestown Bridge
Route 138 over Narragansett Bay, North Kingstown
Built 1940 // Decommisioned 1992 and demolished 2006

JG Goffs
7 Point Street, Providence
Built ?? // Damaged from work being done under ground for the sewer overflow tunnels. Damage was extensive, and the building had to be razed in 2006.

the Ladd School
Off Route 2, Exeter
Built starting 1908 // Officially closed in 1993
Lots of ghost stories surrounding the property

Laminated Metal
Eddy St, Providence
Built ?? // Demolished April 2005
Not much is known, except that it was around for awhile, and seems to have been for sale even longer

RI Malleable Iron Works
Jefferson Blvd, Cranston
Built starting 1867-1918 // Partially demolished fall 2002

Brown’s Marvel Gym
Elmgrove Avenue, Providence
Built 1927 // Demolished summer 2002

Narragansett Brewery
Cranston Street & Garfield Avenue; Cranston
Built starting 1888 // Demolished starting 1998

Ocean House
Watch Hill, South County
Built 1868 // Demolished, but not without a fight, December 26, 2005

Ocean State Steel
310 Bourne Ave, Rumford
formerly Washburn Wire // Demolished 2004

the former Police & Fire Headquarters
La Salle Square, Providence
Built 1940s // Vacant since 2001 // Demolished summer 2007 by the Proccasanti Group.

Phenix Mill
771 Main Street, West Warwick
Built 1822 // Suspicious fire March 2005

Pontiac Mill
334 Knight Street, Warwick
Built 1856? // Redevelopment forced the demolition of this complex in 2005-2006

Providence Machine
One Allens Avenue, Providence
Built 1846 // Demolished 2001

the old Providence National Bank
120 Westminster Street, Providence
Built 1929 // Interior demolition started September 2004, to become the site of a 30 story condo tower

Quonset Point Davisville
An exhaustive survey of former Quonset Point structures

Rialto Furniture
333 Atwells Avenue, RI
Built ?? // Torn down for condo towers 2005-2006

Rocky Point Amusement Park
Warwick Neck, RI
Built starting 1847 // Disintergrated 1996-2003

Sears Automotive
North Street, Providence
Built ?? // Demolition, we think for a WalGreens, in early 2007

Second Universalist Church
151 Weybosset Street, Providence
Built starting 1847-49 // A slow burning fire took this building down on May 22, 2006

Silver Spring Bleaching and Dyeing Co.
Charles Street, Providence
Built 1864 // Demolished spring 2002 for a Home Depot

Talk of the Twon
147 Washington Street, Providence
Built ?? // Demolished soon for a new Sierra Suites hotel.

Thurston Saw, Atlantic Rayon
88 Crary Street, Providence
Built starting 1873 // Demolished over six months in 2004. Part of the I-195 relocation project.

Traveller's Aid / Grants Block
Westminster / Weybosett Streets, Providence
Built ?? // Demolished Oct 2004 to Oct 2005 for new retail and parking

the Trolley Barn
Cranston Street, Cranston
Built 1900 // Vacant since 1980s // Demolished 2005
The last remaining building from the former Narragansett Brewing Company. Used for Trolley Car storage and as a warehouse. Demolished by Paolino for no good reason.

Washington Street
125 Washington Street and 131 Fountain Street, Providence
Built ?? // A suburban-style Sierra Suites hotel demolished this block of important urban businesses

Zams Service Station
??, Providence
Built ?? // Demolished ??

 
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