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Randall Square was a site of dense industrial complexes which included these mills that were destroyed. Most of the land in this area was either underused or vacant much like many lands in Providence during the late 1960

  This synagogue was demolished as part of a large land clearing in order to make room for light manufacturing, commercial development and the Marriott Hotel.

This is the old Bull Dog Tavern built in 1798.  This tavern may have given the name to the area as Bull Dog Square, later Randall Square.  It survived the fire that took the American Screw Company in July 1971. Richard Smith of Smithfield, RI took up…

Randall Square before renewal.   Plans for redevelopment had begun in 1964, however before these plans were put into action a fire destroyed much of the area in 1971.

Fire damaged mills in Randall Square.  Plans to redevelop the space date back to 1964, but before redevelopment could begin the square was mostly destroyed by fire in 1971. 

General wasteland of Randall Square before renewal. St. Patrick’s Church can be seen in the left near the State House, and the Armenian Church is on the extreme right. Also of note are the triple-deckers to the west which were once part of…