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A Walk Along the Mile of History…

“…Through the years, there came into being a street of great beauty and fashion which, for more than one hundred and fifty years was not only the social center of the town, but also the governmental, the intellectual, the musical, and the art center of old Providence.”

—Margaret Bingham Stillwell, The Pageant of Benefit Street, 1945

309 Benefit Street

309 Benefit Street

Susan E. & William R. Huston House, 1867

286 & 282 Benefit Street

286 & 282 Benefit Street

286 Benefit Street, c 1839

282 Benefit Street, John Larchar House,
1818–1820, John Holden Greene, Architect

362 Benefit Street

362 Benefit Street

c 1750, Daniel Smith, moved from Chalkstone Avenue

149–155 Benefit Street

149–155 Benefit Street

Edward Knowles Block, 1859–1862

309 Benefit Street

309 Benefit Street

Susan E. & William R. Huston House, 1867

University Club, 219 Benefit Street

University Club, 219 Benefit Street

c 1828, John Holden Greene, Architect

367 Benefit Street

367 Benefit Street

James T. Rhodes House, 1839–40

56, 52, 50 Benefit

56, 52, 50 Benefit

56 Benefit, Jabez Gorham House, c 1792
52 Benefit, Samuel Staples House, c 1796
50 Benefit, Samuel Staples House. c 1760 (moved to site between 1798 & 1812)

101 Benefit Street

101 Benefit Street

Henry A. Rhodes House, 1860–1862, Alpheus Morse, Architect

First Baptist Church in America

First Baptist Church in America

1775, Joseph Brown, Architect

33, 31, 29, 27 Benefit Street

33, 31, 29, 27 Benefit Street

31 & 33 built by Duty Evans, c 1852
27 & 29 built by Allen Greene, c 1853

276, 274, 272, 270 Benefit Street

276, 274, 272, 270 Benefit Street

Old Benefit Street Block, 1814–1819, Thomas Ives

309 Benefit Street

309 Benefit Street

Susan E. & William R. Huston House, 1867

21 George Street

21 George Street

John Pitman House, 1795

Marine Corp Arsenal, 176 Benefit

Marine Corp Arsenal, 176 Benefit

1840, Russell Warren, Architect

15 Church Street

15 Church Street

Built 1850–1854 by Ezekiel Owen

98 & 94 Benefit Street

98 & 94 Benefit Street

98 Benefit, James Burr House, c 1784–1786
94 Benefit, William Snow House, c 1792–1798

106 Benefit Street

106 Benefit Street

Nathaniel Smith House, 1795–1798

109 Benefit Street

109 Benefit Street

Sullivan Dorr House, 1809–1810, John Holden Greene, Architect

251 Benefit Street

251 Benefit Street

Providence Athenæum Fountain, 1873

College Street @ Benefit

College Street @ Benefit

PPS, 24 Meeting Street

PPS, 24 Meeting Street

Old Brick Schoolhouse, 1769

135 Benefit Street

135 Benefit Street

John Mawney House, c 1764

The basement was the setting for the evil presence in H.P. Lovecraft’s short story, “The Shunned House” (1927).

257–263 Benefit Street

257–263 Benefit Street

Athenæum Row, c 1845, Russell Warren, Architect

Handicraft Club, 42 College Street

Handicraft Club, 42 College Street

Truman Beckwith House, 1825

250 Benefit Street

250 Benefit Street

Providence County Courthouse, 1924–1933

81 Benefit Street

81 Benefit Street

Seth Wheaton House, 1786

RISD Museum, 224 Benefit Street

RISD Museum, 224 Benefit Street

c 1926, William T. Aldrich, Architect

30 Benefit Street

30 Benefit Street

William Gorham Angell House, c 1864, Alpheus Morse, Architect

44 North Court

Jonathan Treadwell House, c 1783

125-127 Benefit Street

125-127 Benefit Street

Built by Henry B. Drowne, c 1851

383 Benefit Street

383 Benefit Street

Thomas Hoppin House, c 1851, Alpheus Morse, Architect

392 Benefit Street

392 Benefit Street

Benjamin Clifford House, c 1814

2 George Street

2 George Street

Granite foundation of the Eliza Ward House

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Photographs © 2018, Linda Getgen