The Smith Street Primary School is an historic school at 396 Smith Street in Providence, Rhode Island. It is a large 2+1⁄2-story brick structure with a cross-gable roof. It was designed in Queen Anne style by William R. Walker & Son and built in 1885. The building occupies its site at an unusual angle, partially overhanging the sidewalk, and has an asymmetrical interior, a departure from the other schools the Walkers designed for the city.
Smith Street Primary School | |
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Location | Providence, Rhode Island |
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Coordinates | 41°50′2″N 71°25′30″W / 41.83389°N 71.42500°W |
Built | 1885 |
Architect | William R. Walker & Son |
Architectural style | Queen Anne |
NRHP reference No. | 84002050[1] |
Added to NRHP | February 23, 1984 |
It was used as a school facility until 1967, and then housed administrative offices for twenty years. By the early 1980s it was in use as the Smith Hill Center—a non-profit neighborhood community service agency.
It is one of three (out of fifteen) surviving schools built by the city in the 1880s.[2]
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Smith Street Primary School" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-10-30.