Slide Title

Benefit Street, Historic Homes

Photographer/Creator

Chester Smolski, Rhode Island College

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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.

Rights

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

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.)

Country Name

United States of America

Region Name

Rhode Island

City Name

Providence

Recommended Citation

Smolski, Chester, "Benefit Street, Historic Homes" (2015). Browse All. 963.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/963