Slide Title

Smith Hill: Eaton Street, Triple Deckers

Photographer/Creator

Preview

Date

Summer 8-1971

Description

The triple decker, a house accommodating three units, emerged as a distinct form as early as the 1890s. Primarily a tenement, they are common throughout urban areas in southern New England. These triple deckers on Eaton St. were likely demolished during construction of Providence College’s East Campus.

RIAMCO Link

Finding Aid on RIAMCO to Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications

Notes

Woodward, Providence: A Citywide Survey of Historic Resources, (Providence 1986), 87.

Rights

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Subject Headings

Housing -- Rental Housing; Cities and Towns -- Urban Areas -- Rhode Island -- Providence;

Country Name

United States of America

Region Name

Rhode Island

City Name

Providence

Street Address

Eaton St.

Recommended Citation

"Smith Hill: Eaton Street, Triple Deckers" (1971). Browse All. 314.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/314