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Athenaeum Block

Providence » College Hill and East Side » Benefit Street, North » Rhode Island » Athenaeum Block

Athenaeum Block

Facts

Location:
Providence , Rhode Island
Regional Essays:
Providence, College Hill and East Side, Benefit Street, North, Rhode Island

What's Nearby

  • Providence Athenaeum
  • Athenaeum Row
  • Handicraft Club (Truman Beckwith House)
  • Eliza Ward–Marsden J. Perry House
  • Providence County Courthouse
  • John Field-Stephen Hopkins House
  • Albert and Vera List Art Building, Brown University
  • College Building, Rhode Island School of Design
  • Memorial Hall, RISD (Central Congregational Church)
  • John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Humanities Library
  • John Hay Library
  • University Club (Rufus and Emily Waterman House)
  • Joseph Brown House
  • Pendleton House (The Colonial House) and Waterman Galleries
  • Providence Institution for Savings Building

Citation

William H. Jordy et al., "Athenaeum Block", Rhode Island, SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, https://sah-archipedia.org/node/19876.

Last accessed: September 15, 2026.

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Buildings of Rhode Island, William H. Jordy et al., New York: Oxford University Press, 2004, 84-84.

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Author: William H. Jordy et al.

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