Benefit Street, Historic Homes

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Dublin Core

Title

Benefit Street, Historic Homes

Description

Historic houses on northern Benefit Street. Benefit Street runs north to south of the community’s 18th century center at Market Square. in the late 1950s, many of the houses on this street were about to be torn down but were saved, thanks to the Providence Preservation Society and Mrs. Antoinette Downing. Today they stand restored.

Creator

Chester Smolski

Format

Photograph
Photograph

Identifier

5226

Smolski Image Item Type Metadata

Building Type

Single family dwelling

City

Providence

Country

United States of America

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Aerial photography in city planning -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Urban renewal -- Rhode Island -- Providence; City planning -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Land use, Urban -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Providence Station (Providence, R.I.); Capital Center (Providence, R.I.)

Notes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence_Station

Marilyn Jordan Taylor bio, from Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP:
http://www.som.com/content.cfm/marilyn_jordan_taylor

Region

Rhode Island