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Location: University of Rhode Island - South Kingstown RI

University of Rhode Island: Quinn Hall – South Kingstown RI

A large, Colonial Revival building, built to house the Home Economics department of what was then known as Rhode Island State College. It is built of Westerly Granite, then the dominant building material on campus. The building, designed by Monahan… read more

Project type: Colleges and Universities, Education and Health, Schools
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding

University of Rhode Island: Green Hall – Kingston RI

A substantial building, built to house the library and administration offices of what was then Rhode Island State College. It was that school’s first full-scale library. The architects were Jackson, Robertson & Adams of Providence, then the state’s most prominent… read more

Project type: Colleges and Universities, Education and Health, Libraries
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding

University of Rhode Island: Eleanor Roosevelt Hall – Kingston RI

A large building, built as a women’s dormitory. This was the first major building on campus built of a material that wasn’t Westerly Granite, in this case brick. This Federal Revival dormitory was designed by Providence architect Albert Harkness, who… read more

Project type: Colleges and Universities, Education and Health, Schools
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding

University of Rhode Island: Edwards Hall Murals – Kingston RI

Edwards Hall contains six murals painted by Gino Conti, located in Edwards Hall, the main auditorium of the University of Rhode Island. The murals were created in 1941 under the WPA’s Federal Art Project. They were covered over with sheetrock… read more

Project type: Art Works, Murals
Agency: Federal Arts Project (FAP), Works Progress Administration (WPA), Arts Programs, Work Relief Programs

University of Rhode Island, Lost Green Hall Murals – South Kingstown RI

Several New Deal murals were painted for URI’s Green Hall (the library and administration building), but they have since been lost.

Project type: Art Works, Murals
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

University of Rhode Island, Animal Husbandry Complex (demolished) – South Kingstown RI

A series of stone barns arranged around a central Colonial Revival building. Designed by Edwin E. Cull, of Providence. Demolished in the early 2000s. The site is now a large parking lot.

Project type: Colleges and Universities, Education and Health, Schools
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding

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