- City:
- South Kingstown, RI
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Libraries, Colleges and Universities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1937
- Designer:
- Jackson & Robertson & Adams
Description
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 architects. This building is a conservative, well-proportioned Colonial Revival structure. Like most of the school’s buildings, it was built of Westerly Granite. This is one of three buildings on campus built under the auspices of the PWA. It is the school’s most well-known building, and is on the URI Logo.
Source notes
Page 39, Rhode Island: State-Owned Historic Properties. Published in 1989 by the Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission. https://advance.uri.edu/pacer/may2001/story18.htm https://www.uri.edu/home/about/history_timeline.htmlSite originally submitted by John P. on February 15, 2014.
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