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The South Street Station (formerly known as The Narragansett Electric Company Power Station or Narragansett Electric Lighting Company Power Station and rebranded in 2017 as South Street Landing) is an historic electrical power generation station at 360 Eddy Street in
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. The structure has since been redeveloped and is now used as an administrative office and academic facility by a number of local universities.


History

The structure is a massive brick and stone building, constructed in stages between 1912 and 1952. Despite its phased construction, the building has fairly consistent
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styling. The building, an excellent example of early 20th-century power plant design, burned coal to provide electrical power to the city. It was gradually taken over by the more modern Manchester Street Station and was decommissioned in 1995.


Redevelopment

Following the station's decommissioning, the
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planned to convert the building into a museum. As planned, the Heritage Harbor Museum would have been a
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museum devoted to Rhode Island's history and culture. Construction began in 2007 on a combined museum and hotel, but the project was cancelled in 2009 due to lack of funding. The building sat vacant and decaying for many years. In 2014, Boston developer CV Properties began redeveloping the structure for use by
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,
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, and
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. The project cost an estimated $220 million and received roughly $27 million and $22 million in state and federal tax credits. The project was completed in 2017. The property was purchased by Chicago–based real investment trust Ventas later that year. River House—an adjacent 270-bed housing complex—opened in the summer of 2019. In October 2019, the station received the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation National Preservation Award, which recognizes preservation and
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projects.


Gallery

File:Dynamo House - South Street Landing.jpg, The building in 2008 File:Dynamo House (4371630714).jpg, The building in 2010 File:Narragansett Electric Company Power Station 2011.jpg, A 2011 view showing the hollow structure File:South Street Landing, Providence Rhode Island.jpg, The building in 2018, shortly after its renovation


See also

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Dynamo House information
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