Rhode Island State House and Providence Station

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Dublin Core

Title

Rhode Island State House and Providence Station

Description

In 1986, the current Providence Station (shown here) was built to replace the 1898 station, as part of a redevelopment project to free up land from a mass of train tracks that had hemmed in downtown Providence. It is much smaller than its predecessor, reflecting the diminished local role of railroad transit. Designed by Marilyn Jordan Taylor of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, LLP, local architectural historian William McKenzie Woodward lauds the building for its aesthetics, calling its saucer dome "an obvious yet very gracious gesture toward the (Rhode Island) State House". (date of photograph is approximated)

Creator

Chester Smolski

Source

Woodward, PPS/AlAri Guide to Providence Architecture (Providence, 2003), 303-304.

Date

1987-01-01

Rights

Rhode Island College

Format

Photograph
Photograph

Identifier

5131

Smolski Image Item Type Metadata

City

Providence

Country

United States of America

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Providence Station (Providence, R.I.); Rhode Island State House (Providence, R.I.); Urban Development -- Rhode Island -- Providence;

Region

Rhode Island

Street Address

Smith St.

Theme

Urban Development