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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1216_steeple-street-complex_Providence-RI.html
The Steeple Street Complex was built in three main stages between 1827 and 1847 during a key period in Providence's growth into a leading commercial and industrial city. When Joseph Congdon and Randall Green built the first section, 3 Steeple, to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM120X_rhode-island-soldiers-and-sailors-memorial_Providence-RI.html
Erectedby thepeople ofRhode Islandto thememoryof thebrave menwho diedthat theircountrymight live(Plaque):Civil War MonumentThis monument commemorates the members of the 1st Rhode Island regiment and the 14th Rhode Island Regiment heavy artillery (…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM120W_sissieretta-jones_Providence-RI.html
Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones, the internationally celebrated soprano known as "Black Patti" lived near this site at 7 Wheaton Street until her passing on June 24, 1933.With 17 medals and a diamond tiara bestowed upon her, she was the highest p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM120V_first-town-house-of-providence_Providence-RI.html
On this lot stood the first town house of Providence here from time to time Roger Williams presided over freemen from 1644-1647
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM120U_court-and-state-house_Providence-RI.html
This edifice of which the older portion was begun in the year of Our Lord 1760 and first occupied in 1762 was used as Court and State House by the Colony and State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations until the year 1900
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM120R_college-hill-historic-district_Providence-RI.html
Has been designated a Registered National Historic LandmarkUnder the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating and illustrating the history of the United States US Department of I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM120Q_gone-from-hence_Providence-RI.html
Roger Williams died in Providence early in 1683, and was buried with a simple ceremony behind his home, near today's intersection of Benefit St. and Bowen St. Remains at the site were exhumed in 1860 and removed to the Old North Burying Ground. In…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM120P_the-site-of-hardscrabble-riot-1824_Providence-RI.html
The site of Addison Hollow where the first nineteenth century blacks purchased property and the site of the first major riot
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM120O_a-thoroughfare-town_Providence-RI.html
This intersection was the earliest center of colonial Providence. A grist mill stood just north, at the falls of Moshassuck River, and a tannery and taverns were nearby across the street. In 1676 the natives of many tribes united against the New E…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM120L_snow-town-riot-1831_Providence-RI.html
The site of the second major riot between Providence African American Residents and White workers