Slide Title
Preview
Date
6-1-1975
Description
What appears to be a semi-trailor truck has caused the upper level of this Weybosset Street parking complex to collapse. This photograph was taken before the construction of the Federal Center on Westminster Street, and therefore provides a clear view to the Conrad Building, one of Providence's most unique buildings to its eccentricism and creation during a period of prosperity in Providence following WWI. At the left is the Caesar Misch Building in a state of disrepair, whose Art Deco storefront added in the 30s cannot be seen to salvage it.
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Creator 2 Dates
1885
Creator 2 Role
Architectural Firm (Conrad Building)
Creator 3 Dates
19093
Creator 3 Role
Architects (Caesar Misch Building)
Building Type
Commercial Building
Building Style
Queen Anne
Themes
Urban Redevelopment
Subject Headings
Architecture, Queen Anne; Cities and towns -- Growth -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Historic buildings -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Westminster Street (Providence, RI)
Country Name
United States
Region Name
Rhode Island
City Name
Providence
Street Address
375 Westminster Street
Recommended Citation
Smolski, Chester; Stone, Carpenter & Wilson; and Marin & Hall, "Parking Lot Collapse, Conrad Building" (1975). Browse All. 1013.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/1013
Keywords
parking, 'Providence, RI', providence downtown
Notes
Bibliography: Woodward, Wm McKenzie and Edward F. Sanderson. "Providence: A Citywide Survey of Historical Resources." Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission, 1986, pp. 240.