The Wanskuck Library—A Community Library of Providence is an historic branch library building at 233 Veazie Street in
Providence, Rhode Island
Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. One of the oldest cities in New England, it was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Reformed Baptist theologian and religious exile from the Massachusetts Bay ...
. It is a single-story brick and stone structure, built in 1928, replacing an earlier library building which had originally housed a library established by the Wanskuck Mill Company for its employees. The building was designed by
Clarke & Howe
Clarke & Howe was an American architect, architectural firm from Providence, Rhode Island that was active from 1893 to 1928.
The firm was established in 1893 as Clarke & Spaulding, with Prescott O. Clarke and Arthur R. Spaulding. Wallis E. Howe w ...
, and is an excellent local example of Colonial Revival design, with a tetrastyle entrance portico. It was the first of ten libraries built based on Howe designs.
The building was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1998.
See also
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence, Rhode Island
*Rochambeau Library-Providence Community Library, Rochambeau Library-
Community Libraries of Providence*South Providence Library-Providence Community Library, South Providence Library-
Community Libraries of Providence*Smith Hill Library-Providence Community Library, Smith Hill Library-
Community Libraries of Providence*Fox Point Library-Providence Community Library, Fox Point Library-
Community Libraries of Providence*Mount Pleasant Library-Providence Community Library, Mount Pleasant Library-
Community Libraries of Providence*Olneyville Library-Providence Community Library, Olneyville Library-
Community Libraries of Providence*Washington Park Library-Providence Community Library, Washington Park Library-
Community Libraries of Providence*Knight Memorial Library-Providence Community Library, Knight Memorial Library-
Community Libraries of Providence
References
External links
Residents fight to keep library openCommunity Libraries of Providence website
Library buildings completed in 1928
Public libraries in Rhode Island
Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
Libraries in Providence, Rhode Island
Education in Providence, Rhode Island
1928 establishments in Rhode Island
National Register of Historic Places in Providence, Rhode Island
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