Slide Title

Apponaug: Aerial Photograph, City Hall, Junction of State Roads

Photographer/Creator

Chet Smolski, Rhode Island College
William R. Walker

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Date

4-1-1971

Description

Apponaug is the center, or downtown, of Warwick, the second largest city in Rhode Island. Centered in this photograph is the City Hall, completed as the town hall in 1894, the city spent $75,000 to complete what is one of the most significant 19th century structure in the city. Other notable structures are the post office, police and fire headquarters, and a museum. Apponaug is also the junction of three of the cities biggest routes: Routes 1, 5 and 117. The area has a one way traffic pattern that was established in the 1960s to help the efficiency of automobile traffic, the pattern remains to the present.

Notes

Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission. Warwick, Rhode Island: Statewide Historical Preservation Report K-W-1. (Warwick, 1981). pp. 32

Rights

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Creator 1 Role

Photographer

Creator 2 Role

Architect

Subject Headings

Cities and towns -- Rhode Island -- Warwick; Architecture, Modern -- Eclecticism in architecture; Traffic engineering -- Traffic flow -- Rhode Island -- Warwick;

Country Name

United States of America

Region Name

Rhode Island

City Name

Warwick

Recommended Citation

Smolski, Chet and Walker, William R., "Apponaug: Aerial Photograph, City Hall, Junction of State Roads" (1971). Browse All. 922.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/922