Slide Title
Preview
Date
11-1-1979
Description
A west facing aerial view of Weybosset St. Some of the most visible buildings on the left side of the photo include the Providence Gas Company Building (1924), the Outlet Company (1891), Loews Theater (1928) and Beneficient Congregational Church (1809). Most have been remodeled for other use since this photograph but retain the exteriors and facades of their varied historic uses.
Rights
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Recommended Citation
Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.
Recommended Citation
Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.
Keywords
downtown, capital city, aerial, Providence downtown, aerial
Notes
Bibliography: Jordy, William H, Ronald J. Onorato, and William McKenzie Woodward. Buildings of Rhode Island. Oxford: New York, 2004. 43-44. Print. Woodward, Wm McKenzie and Edward F. Sanderson. "Providence: A Citywide Survey of Historical Resources." Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission, 1986, 243-244.