Dublin Core
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