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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2683_a-place-for-your-ideas_Providence-RI.html
There is no National Memorial to Roger Williams here [in Washington], unlike the monuments to other national heroes like Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln. Our National Memorial is in Rhode Island, where he lived and left us a philosophical legac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21C4_the-wellspring-of-providence_Providence-RI.html
A freshwater spring attracted Roger Williams to this site and anchored the community.
Williams built his house across the street, and religious and civil meetings took place around its "gushing" waters.
The spring remained in community…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21C3_around-the-corner-from-market-square_Providence-RI.html
Providence's Downtown was not always located in its present location across the river.
The first town center was located along the Moshassock River and North Main Street near St. John's Episcopal Church.
The second Downtown was located around th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21BU_the-moshassuck-river_Providence-RI.html
A Short River Through Time
"Mooshausick," was the name given by the native Narragansett tribe to the body of water that flows into the Providence River at Confluence Park. It means "river where the moose watered."
The Moshassuck originates in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21BT_witness-to-history_Providence-RI.html
If this building could speak, it would tell the remarkable tale of a city's transformation.
The Antram-Gray House, the oldest surviving commercial building in Providence, was built around 1730 as a residence and distillery.
It soon found itself…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2152_the-woonasquatucket-river_Providence-RI.html
The Early Years
"Wanasquatucket" was the name given by the native Narragansett tribe to the larger river that flows into the Providence River and Confluence Park.
It means "the river where the tide ends." This panel, along with the panel for M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM213J_hope-college_Providence-RI.html
Erected in 1822 by Nicholas Brown, 1786
Trustee 1791 - 1825, Treasurer 1796 - 1825, Fellow 1825 - 1841, as a gift to the University which bears his name.
Renovated in 1891 under the direction of Marshall Woods, 1845, Trustee 1856 - 1899, Tr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM213I_brown-university-slave-trade-memorial_Providence-RI.html
This memorial recognizes Brown University's connection to the trans-Atlantic slave trade and the work of Africans and African-Americans, enslaved and free, who helped build our university, Rhode island, and the nation.
In 2003 Brown President R…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GA7_the-century-to-statehood_Providence-RI.html
In the 1700's, the open shoreline on the west side of the street gradually filled with shops and houses. Stores backed onto the cove and often had docks extending into the water for easy loading of wares in the flourishing colonial trade. Between …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FSN_the-grand-lodge-of-rhode-island_Providence-RI.html
Saint Johns Lodge Number One
F & A. M. of Providence
Added and used third story of
this building
Dedicated by Grand Master Jabez Brown
December 27, 1798
Meeting Place of
The most Worshipful Grand Lodge
F & A. M. of Rhode Island
Providence Royal …