Providence: Old Rhode Island College

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Title

Providence: Old Rhode Island College

Description

Rhode Island College, originally referred to as the Normal School, has occupied several locations and changed names throughout the years. Rhode Island College is known as one of the first teacher preparatory schools in the country. Having out-grown locations on Westminster and then Benefit street, the college built a new campus in 1898 in downtown Providence. The campus was built specifically for the college on Capitol Hill, beside the State House, where the Providence Place Mall now stands. In the early 1900s, the school assumed the name the Rhode Island College of Education. The name was shortened in 1960 to Rhode Island College.

During the 1958-1959 academic year, the college moved to its current location on a 180-acre campus in the Mount Pleasant Section of Providence. The entrance to the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts incorporates a portico from the 1898 building.

Creator

Chester Smolski

Date

1978-11-01

Rights

Rhode Island College

Format

Photograph
Photograph

Identifier

5521

Smolski Image Item Type Metadata

City

Providence

Country

United States of America

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Cities and towns -- Growth -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Relocation;

Region

Rhode Island