Slide Title
Preview
Date
1-1-1971
Description
Taken at what was once Moshassuck Square (originally Randall Square), this photograph shows the general wasteland of the area before redevelopment. Many buildings in the area had been demolished or otherwise left to ruin. After a fire destroyed most structures in the area of the American Screw Company industrial complex on July 5, 1971, the Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission added Moshassuck Square National Register of Historic Places. This area, an early settlement space because of the confluence of the Moshassuck and Providence rivers, has been redeveloped and its salvaged buildings such as the Fletcher Manufacturing Company remodeled for office space.
Creator 1 Role
Photographer
Themes
Urban Redevelopment
Subject Headings
Land use -- Vacant lands -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Cities and towns -- Growth -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Terrain vague -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Urban decay -- Rhode Island
Country Name
United States
Region Name
Rhode Island
City Name
Providence
Street Address
Charles St.
Recommended Citation
Smolski, Chet, "Moshassuck Square: Vacant land" (1971). Smolski Images. 58.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/58
Keywords
state house, Randall Square, wasteland, vacant property, fire damage, mills
Notes
Bibliography: Chase, David. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Moshassuck Square." Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission, 1972.