Category: Rhode Island Landmarks

Rhode Island Landmarks

Westin Residence Condominiums

The recent years have seen the boom of condominium complexes in Providence, Rhode Island. This trend is the urban developers’ answer to the increase of population and the increase in demand for livable space...

Waterplace Towers near Woonasquatucket River

A real estate company called the Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation is the mastermind behind the high-rise project called Waterplace. The Rhode Island Building Trades and Gilbane Building Company entered into a Project Labor Agreement...

Vanderbilt Mansions Rhode Island

During the 1870s to the 1920s, the affluent Vanderbilt family commissioned the very best and most expensive architectural and interior design firms to build a series of townhouses in New York and mansions in...

The Breakers at Ochre Point Avenue

The Breakers is another one of Newport’s famous Gilded Age Vanderbilt mansions that is under the management of the Preservation Society of Newport County. It is located on Ochre Point Avenue and is designated...

Rhode Island State House

The Rhode Island State House is situated in Rhode Island’s capital of Providence. The capitol contains the Rhode Island General Assembly and, of course, the offices of the governor, the lieutenant governor, the secretary...

Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral

A small twelve thousand dollar cement church building was opened on December 10, 1837. This modest structure was known as the church of Saints Peter and Paul. Over the years, the Catholics in Providence...