Providence County, Rhode Island
1761 Milestone
Adams, John E., House
Albion Historic District
Aldrich, Nelson W., House
All Saints Memorial Church
Allen Street Historic District
Allen, Candace, House
Allen, Zachariah, House
Allendale Mill
Allenville Mill
American Brewing Company Plant
American Street School
American Supply Company Building
Andrew Dickhaut Cottages Historic District
Andrews Mill Company Plant
Andrews-Luther Farm
Angell, Daniel, House
Angell, Otis, Gristmill
Angell-Ballou House
Arcade, The
Arnold Mills Historic District
Arnold, Dexter, Farmstead
Arnold, Eleazer, House
Arnold, Israel, House
Arnold, John, House
Arnold, Peleg, Tavern
Arnold-Palmer House
Art's Auto
Ashton Historic District
Aylesworth Apartments
Bailey, William L., House
Ballou House
Ballou-Weatherhead House
Battey-Barden House
Beaman and Smith Company Mill
Belknap School
Bell Street Chapel
Beneficent Congregational Church
Berkeley Mill Village
Bernon Worsted Mill
Bicknell-Armington Lightning Splitter House
Blackstone Boulevard Realty Plat Historic District
Blackstone Boulevard-Cole Avenue-Grotto Avenue Historic District
Blackstone Canal
Blackstone Canal (Boundary Increase)
Blackstone Park Historic District
Borders Farm
Boston and Providence Railroad Bridge
Brackett, Charles, House
Bradley, George M., House
Braitsch, William J. and Company, Plant
Brick Schoolhouse
Bridge Mill Power Plant
Bridgeton School
Bridgham Farm
Bridgham-Arch-Wilson Streets Historic District
Broadway-Armory Historic District
Broadway-Armory Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Company Complex
Brown Avenue Historic District
Brown, John, House
Brown, Morris, House
Brown, Moses, School
Burlingame-Noon House
Burnham, G.A., House
Burrows Block
Butler Hospital
Calvary Baptist Church
Cappelli, A. F., Block
Carpenter, Lakeside, and Springvale Cemeteries
Carr, Dr. George W., House
Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul
Cato Hill Historic District
Cato Hill Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Central Diner
Central Falls Congregational Church
Central Falls Mill Historic District
Central Street School
Chemical Building, Fields Point Sewage Treatment Plant
Chepachet Village Historic District
Childs-Brown House
Christ Episcopal Church
Church Hill Grammar School
Church Hill Industrial District
Church Hill Industrial District (Boundary Increase)
Clayville Historic District
Clemence-Irons House
Cole, John, Farm
College Hill Historic District
Collyer Monument
Columbus
Conant Thread-Coats & Clark Mill Complex District
Conant, Samuel B., House
Congdon Street Baptist Church
Cooke, Amos, House
Corliss, John, House
Corliss-Carrington House
Cornell-Randall-Bailey Roadhouse
Covell Street School
Crandall, Lorenzo, House
Crescent Park Carousel
Cumberland Town Hall Historic District
Customhouse Historic District
Cutler, Susan S. & Edward J., House
Daggett, Nathaniel, House
Darling, Henry, House
Davol Rubber Company
Deming, Richard Henry, House
Dennis, James, House
Dexter, Edward, House
Dexter, Jeremiah, House
District 6 Schoolhouse
Division Street Bridge
Dorrance, Capt. George, House
Dowler, Charles, House
Downtown Pawtucket Historic District
Downtown Providence Historic District
Downtown Providence Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Downtown Providence Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Doyle Avenue Historic District
Dyerville Mill
Earnscliffe Woolen-Paragon Worsted Company Mill Complex
Eddy Homestead
Edgewood Historic District-Aberdeen Plat
Edgewood Historic District-Anstis Greene Estate Plats
Edgewood Historic District-Arnold Farm Plat
Edgewood Historic District-Sally Greene Homestead Plats
Edgewood Historic District-Shaw Plat
Edgewood Historic District-Taft Estate Plat
Edgewood Historic District-Taft Estate Plat (Boundary Increase)
Edgewood Yacht Club
Elizabeth Building
Elliot-Harris-Miner House
Elm Tree Plat Historic District
Elmgrove Gardens Historic District
Elmwood Historic District
Ernest Street Sewage Pumping Station
Esten-Bowen House
Exchange Street Historic District
Fales, David G., House
Farnum, Edwin H., House
Federal Building
Fenner, Thomas, House
Fifth Ward Wardroom
Fire Station No. 4
First Baptist Meetinghouse
First Universalist Church
First Universalist Church
First Ward Wardroom
Fleur-de-Lis Studios
Forestdale Mill Village Historic District
Foster Center Historic District
Foster-Payne House
Freeman Plat Historic District
French Worsted Company Mill Historic District
Fuller Houses
Gately Building
Gaulin, Alphonse, Jr., House
General Ice Cream Corporation Building
Georgiaville Historic District
Gilbane's Service Center Building
Glenark Mills
Glocester Town Pound
Gloria Dei Evangelical Lutheran Church
Grace Church
Great Road Historic District
Greene, Benjamin F., House
Greystone Historic District
Greystone Mill Historic District
Grove Street Elementary School
Haile, Joseph, House
Hanora Mills
Harmony Chapel and Cemetery
Harris Warehouse
Harrisville Historic District
Hay and Owen Buildings
Hearthside
Heaton and Cowing Mill
Holy Trinity Church Complex
Honan's Block and 112-114 Main Street
Hope Block and Cheapside
Hope Street School
Hope Webbing Company Mill
Hope-Power-Cooke Streets Historic District
Hopkins Mill Historic District
Hopkins, Esek, House
Hopkins, Gov. Stephen, House
Hoppin, Thomas F., House
Hughes, Thomas H., House
Island Place Historic District
Ives, Thomas P., House
Jenckes House
Jenckes House
Jenckes Mansion
Jenckes Spinning Company
Jenks Park & Cogswell Tower
Jillson, Luke, House
Jones Warehouses
Joy Homestead
Jules Desurmont Worsted Company Mill
Knightsville Meetinghouse
Kotzow, Louis, House
L'Eglise du Precieux Sang
L'Union Saint Jean-Baptist d' Amerique
Ladd Observatory
Lafayette Worsted Company Administrative Headquarters Historic District
Leroy Theatre
Liberty Arming the Patriot
Lime Kilns
Limerock Village Historic District
Linton Block
Lippitt Hill Historic District
Lippitt, Gov. Henry, House
Little Neck Cemetery
Loew's State Theatre
Logee House
Lonsdale Historic District
Louttit Laundry
Lymansville Company Mill
Lynch, Matthew, House
Main Street Bridge
Main Street Historic District
Manton-Hunt-Farnum Farm
Manville Company Worker Housing Historic District
Market House
Mason, Israel B., House
Mathewson Farm
Mechanical Fabric Company
Merchants Bank Building
Metcalf-Franklin Farm
Mitchell-Arnold House
Modern Diner
Montgomery, Nathaniel, House
Moore Fabric Company Plant
Moosup Valley Historic District
Moshassuck Square
Mount Vernon Tavern
Mowry, Tyler, House
Mowry, William, House
Mt. Hygeia
National and Providence Worsted Mills
Naushon Company Plant
New England Butt Company
Newman Cemetery
Newman Congregational Church
Nicholson File Company Mill Complex
Nightingale-Brown House
North Burial Ground
North End Historic District
Norwood Avenue Historic District
Oak Lawn Village Historic District
Oakland Avenue Historic District
Oakland Historic District
Oddfellow's Hall
Old Ashton Historic District
Old Congregational Church
Old Slater Mill
Olney Street-Alumni Avenue Historic District
Olney, Capt. Stephen, House
Ontario Apartments
Oriental Mills
Our Lady of Lourdes Church Complex
Parkis-Comstock Historic District
Parkis-Comstock Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Pascoag Grammar School
Patterson Brothers Commercial Building and House
Pawtucket Armory
Pawtucket City Hall
Pawtucket Congregational Church
Pawtucket Elks Lodge Building
Pawtucket Post Office
Pawtucket Times Building
Pawtucket West High School
Payne, Charles, House
Pearce, Nathaniel, House
Pekin Street Historic District
Perkins Buildings
Phillips Insulated Wire Company Complex
Phillipsdale Historic District
Philmont Worsted Company Mill
Pine Street Historic District
Pitcher-Goff House
Plain Farm House
Plymouth Congregational Church
Pocasset Worsted Company Mill
Poirier's Diner
Pomham Rocks Light Station
Pothier House
Potter-Collyer House
Potter-Remington House
Power Street-Cooke Street Historic District
Prospect Heights Housing Project
Providence City Hall
Providence Dyeing, Bleaching, Calendring Company
Providence Fruit and Produce Warehouse Company Building
Providence Gas Company Purifier House
Providence Jewelry Manufacturing District (Boundary Increase)
Providence Jewelry Manufacturing Historic District
Providence Lying-In Hospital
Providence Steel and Iron Company Complex
Providence Telephone Company
Providence-Biltmore Hotel
Pullen Corner School
Quality Hill Historic District
Reservoir Avenue Sewage Pumping Station
Return Sludge Pumping Station, Fields Point Sewage Treatment Plant
Rhode Island Hospital Trust Building
Rhode Island Medical Society Building
Rhode Island Statehouse
Rhode Island Tool Company
Rhodes Street Historic District
Rhodes-on-the Pawtuxet Ballroom and Gazebo
Richmond Paper Company Mill Complex
Riverside Cemetery
Rochambeau Branch-Providence Public Library
Rochambeau Worsted Company Mill
Roger Williams National Memorial
Roger Williams Park Historic District
Rose Land Park Plat Historic District
Rosedale Apartments
Rumford Chemical Works and Mill House Historic District
Rumford Historic District
Russell, Joseph and William, House
Saint Martin's Church
Saint Thomas Episcopal Church and Rectory
Sayles, Deborah Cook, Public Library
Saylesville Historic District
Saylesville Meetinghouse
Scholze-Sayles House
Shakespeare Hall
Sheldon House
Shepard Company Building
Sixth District Courthouse
Slater Park
Slatersville Historic District
Sludge Press House, Fields Point Sewage Treatment Plant
Smith Hill Branch-Providence Public Library
Smith Hill Historic District
Smith Street Primary School
Smith, Joseph, House
Smith-Appleby House
Smith-Ballou House
Smithfield Exchange Bank
Smithfield Friends Meeting House, Parsonage & Cemetery
Smithfield Road Historic District
Smithville Seminary
Smithville-North Scituate
Sons of Jacob Synagogue
South Central Falls Historic District
South Main Street Historic District
South Providence Branch-Providence Public Library
South Street Historic District
South Street Station
Spaulding, Joseph, House
Sprague, David, House
Sprague, Gov. William, Mansion
Squantum Association
St. Andrews Episcopal Chapel
St. Ann's Church Complex
St. Charles Borromeo Church Complex
St. John the Baptist Church
St. Joseph's Church Complex
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church
St. Mary's Church of the Immaculate Conception Complex
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
St. Matthew's Church
St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church, Convent, Rectory, and School
St. Paul's Church
St. Stephen's Church
Stadium Building
Standard Paper Box Corporation
State Arsenal
State Home and School for Dependent and Neglected Children Historic District
Stimson Avenue Historic District
Summit Historic District
Swan Point Cemetery
Swan Point Cemetery and Trolley Shelter (Boundary Increase)
Sweet, Ira B., House
Taft, Moses, House
Temple Beth-El
Todd Farm
Tower, Lewis, House
Tower-Flagg Barn Complex
Trinity Church
Trinity Square Historic District
Trinity Square Repertory Theatre
U.S. Customshouse
U.S. Post Office
Union Station
Union Trust Company Building
Union Village Historic District
United States Post Office Annex
United States Rubber Company Mill Complex
University Hall, Brown University
Valley Falls Mill
Valley Falls Mill, Office and Bath House
Veterans Memorial Auditorium-Masonic Temple
Walker, Phillip, House
Wanskuck Branch-Providence Public Library
Wanskuck Historic District
Washington Park Sewage Pumping Station
Waterman-Winsor Farm
Wayland Historic District
Wesleyan Avenue Historic District
Westcote
Westcott, Nathan, House
Westminster Street Historic District
Weybosset Mills Complex
Whipple-Angell-Bennett House
Whipple-Cullen House and Barn
Whipple-Jenckes House
Whitcomb Farm
White, Josephine, Block
Wilbur, Frank, House
Winsor, Stephen, House
Winsor-Swan-Whitman Farm
Witherby, Constance, Park
Wood, Arad, House
Woods-Gerry House
Woonsocket City Hall
Woonsocket Civil War Monument
Woonsocket Company Mill Complex
Woonsocket District Courthouse
Woonsocket Rubber Company Mill
Woonsocket Senior High and Junior High Schools
World War I Memorial
A Family Business
A Livelie Experiment
A Mechanic's Life
A Place for Your Ideas
A Shelter for Persons Distressed
Across the River from Market Square
Alice Mill World War I Memorial
Ambrose Burnside Memorial
Annye
Around the Corner from Market Square
Beneficent Congregational Church
Bernon Worsted Mill
Bethel A.M.E. Church
Birthplace of American Manufacturing
Blackstone River Valley
Bridging the Seekonk
Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski
Brown University Slave Trade Memorial
Burning of British Taxed Tea
Burrillville Veterans Monument
Burrillville Veterans Plaque
Captain Wilbur Kelly
Channeling Progress
Civil War Memorial
College Hill Historic District
Colonial Wharf at South Water Street: 1910-1942 /Fox Point and the Night Boat Era 1822-1932
Community Development
Congdon Street Baptist Church
Court and State House
Crawford Street Bridge Without Crawford Street
Crescent Park Looff Carousel
Daggett House
Easter Rising
Ethnicity
First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church in America 375th Anniversary
First Professional Theater
First Successful Cotton Mill in America
First Town House of Providence
First Universalist Church
Fleur-De-Lys Studio
Fountain Street
Fox Point Cape Verdean Community
Fox Point: The 19th Century Port of Providence / Shipping Expands Around the Point
Gabriel Bernon
Gaetano Del Guidice
Gano Park - Centuries of History
Giovanni Da Verrazzano
Grover C. Walker Memorial
Harnessing the Power of the Blackstone River
HMS Gaspee
Hope College
Horace Mann
In Honor of WWII Veterans
In Memory of Henrietta I. Drummond
In Memory of Korea and Vietnam Veterans
In Memory of Our Townsmen
Indomitable
John Brown House
John F. "Jack" McGee
KellyÂ’s Mill
Lady Carrington and The Blackstone Canal
Lincoln St World War II Memorial
Lippitt House
Looff Carousel
Luigi Scala
Major Gales and Hurricanes around Market Square
Major Henry Harrison Young
Marconi
Milling Machines
Monastery Bell
Morris Brown House
Nine MenÂ’s Misery
North Smithfield Vietnam War Memorial
Old Slater Mill
Olney Street Riot 1831
On This Location 5 August 1943 Three Servicemen Perished
Pawtucket City Hall
Pawtucket Public Library
Pawtucket Public Library / Old Pawtucket Post Office
Pawtucket Veterans Memorial
Pembroke College Tribute
Pierce Park and Riverwalk
Prince Hall
Prince Hall Masonic Lodge F.A.M.
Providence
Providence Harbor History
Providence Marine Corps of Artillery
Providence Preservation Organizations
Providence River Bridge
Providence River Park
Realizing Providence
Repentance for Slavery
Revolutions: American and Industrial
Rhode Island Holocaust Memorial
Rhode Island Irish Famine Memorial
Rhode Island Korean Veterans Memorial
Rhode Island Soldiers and Sailors Memorial
Rhode Island State House
Rhode Island World War II Memorial
Rise of the Gangways (1704-1844) / Fall of the Gangways (1844-1983)
River and Fields at Pawtucket
River Relocation Project and Providence River Park
River Relocation Project and Providence River Park
Rochambeau's Army in Rhode Island
Roger Williams Founded Providence Here in 1636
Roger Williams Landing 1636
Roger Williams National Memorial
Seasonal Gathering
Shakespeare's Head
Sissieretta Jones
Site of Roger Williams House
Slater Mill
Snowtown Riot 1831
Spanish American War Memorial
Splendid Mansion of Eleazer Arnold
State Arsenal 20th Century Wars Memorial
Steeple Street
Steeple Street
Steeple Street Complex
Stephanie and Ashley
Stephen Hopkins
Styles
The Arcade
The Bicentennial of Haitian Independence
The Boys of Adams' Battery "G"
The Brown Bear
The Changing Face of the West Bank / The West Bank
The Crawford Street Bridge
The First Baptist Church
The First Baptist Meetinghouse
The First Official Residence of the President of Brown University
The Fox Point Hurricane Barrier/A Second Life for the Hurricane Barrier
The Glory Days of Providence's Old Harbor
The Grand Lodge of Rhode Island
The History of The Weybosset Bridge
The Hurricane and Flood of September 21, 1938
The Hurricane of September 21st 1938
The Interstate 195 Relocation Project and the Old Harbor Plan
The Landing Place of Roger Williams
The Meeting Street School
The Moshassuck River
The Old Harbor
The Old Slater Mill
The Original Water Supply
The Perfect Place
The Prophet of Religious Freedom
The Puritan and the Indian
The Second Freewill Baptist (Pond Street) Church
The Site of Hardscrabble Riot 1824
The Wellspring of Providence
The Wilkinson Mill
The Woonasquatucket River
Thomas A. Doyle
To Our World War II Veterans
Tockwotton and the Indiamen / Sails to Rails 1835: Providence's First Train Station
Union Station
University Hall
Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial
Wall of Hope
Washington Street
Water Works
Welcome to India Point Park
Wilkinson Mill
William Gilbane
Witness to History
Women of Woonsocket
Woonasquatucket River
Woonsocket Civil War Memorial
Woonsocket Civil War Monument
Woonsocket Spanish-American War Monument
Woonsocket Veterans Monument
Woonsocket YMCA
World War I Memorial
World War I Memorial
World War I Monument
World War II Memorial
During the 18th century, Providence County experienced rapid industrial growth. The region became a major center for manufacturing, particularly in textiles, which helped fuel the Industrial Revolution in America. Mills and factories sprang up along the banks of the Blackstone River, utilizing its water power. This economic expansion led to an influx of immigrants, including Irish and Italian populations, who played a significant role in the area's cultural diversity.
Providence County played a pivotal role in the American Revolution. It was the site of important military actions such as the burning of the British revenue cutter Gaspee in 1772, a famous act of resistance against British authority. The county also supplied troops for the Continental Army, and notable figures like General Nathanael Greene, a trusted aide of George Washington, hailed from the area.
In the 19th and 20th centuries, Providence County continued to thrive industrially and economically. It became a center for innovation in fields like jewelry manufacturing and machine tool production. Additionally, the county witnessed significant social advancements, such as the establishment of institutions for higher education, including Brown University in Providence.
Today, Providence County remains a vibrant and diverse region. Its rich history is showcased through numerous museums, historic sites, and cultural events. The county's legacy as an industrial and cultural hub continues to shape its identity and contribute to Rhode Island's overall heritage.
Brief timeline of the history of Providence County, Rhode Island:
- 1636: Providence County was founded by Roger Williams when he purchased land from the Narragansett tribe.
- 1643: Providence Plantations, including Providence County, joined the New England Confederation.
- 1703: Providence County was officially established as one of three counties in the colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
- 1780: The Rhode Island General Assembly divided Providence County into five separate towns: Providence, Pawtucket, Cumberland, and Smithfield.
- 1804: The city of Providence was officially incorporated as a separate municipality within Providence County.
- 1831: The city of Pawtucket was officially incorporated as a separate municipality within Providence County.
- 1868: The town of East Providence was separated from the city of Providence and incorporated as a separate municipality.
- 1871: Burrillville was separated from Glocester and became a separate town in Providence County.
- 1910: Woonsocket was incorporated as a city within Providence County.
- 1972: Foster and Scituate were transferred from Providence County to neighboring Kent County.
- 1986: The town of Smithfield was expanded to include the former town of Georgiaville.
This timeline provides a concise overview of the key events in the history of Providence County, Rhode Island.