Eleanor Roosevelt Hall
New Deal Agencies: Public Works Administration (PWA)
Started: 1936
Completed: 1937
Designers: Albert Harkness
Site Survival: Extant
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Description
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 would go on to be one of Rhode Island’s first modernist architect. The building was named for and dedicated by Eleanor Roosevelt. It is one of the three buildings constructed by the PWA on campus.
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Eleanor Roosevelt Hall Exterior
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Eleanor Roosevelt lighting the main fireplace
Eleanor Roosevelt Hall
Eleanor Roosevelt lighting the main fireplace
Source notes
Page 39, Rhode Island: State-Owned Historic Properties. Published in 1989 by the Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission.
Project originally submitted by John P. on February 15, 2014.
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