Hope Block and Cheapside

Coordinates: 41°49′35″N 71°24′33″W / 41.82639°N 71.40917°W / 41.82639; -71.40917
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Hope Block and Cheapside
Contributing Property
Stone & Carpenter
Architectural styleSecond Empire, Gothic
Part ofCollege Hill Historic District (ID70000019)
NRHP reference No.75000059 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 21, 1975
Designated NHLDCPNovember 10, 1970

Hope Block and Cheapside are two historic commercial buildings located at 22-26 and 40 North Main Street in the

Stone & Carpenter. They are the only two buildings to survive from the 1860s-70s development of the "Cheapside" area of Providence, north of the site of its colonial marketplace.[3]

Both buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975,[1] and were restored during the 1980s as part of the Rhode Island School of Design. The RISD Store is located in the Hope Block, while the RISD Design Center occupies the Cheapside Block.

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References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ Woodward, Wm. McKenzie. Providence: A Citywide Survey of Historic Resources. 1986.
  3. ^ "NRHP nomination for Hope Block and Cheapside" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved October 13, 2014.