Dublin Core
Title
Providence Station and Rhode Island State House
Description
In 1986, the current Providence Station was built to replace the 1898 Union 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."
Creator
Chester Smolski
Source
Woodward, PPS/AlAri Guide to Providence Architecture (Providence, 2003), 303-304.
Date
1986-01-01
Rights
Rhode Island College
Format
Photograph
Photograph
Identifier
5161
Smolski Image Item Type Metadata
Building Style
Post-Modernism
Building Type
Train Station
City
Providence
Country
United States of America
Creator 1
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Creator 1 Role
Supervising Architects
Creator 2
Marilyn Taylor
Creator 2 Role
Designer
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Providence Station (Providence, R.I.);Architecture, Postmodern -- Rhode Island -- Providence -- Railroad station; Capital Center (Providence, R.I.); Rhode Island State House (Providence, R.I.)
Region
Rhode Island
Street Address
One Station Place
Theme
Urban development