- City:
- South Kingstown, RI
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools, Colleges and Universities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1937
- Designer:
- Monahan & Meikle
Description
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 & Meikle of Pawtucket, was built between 1936 and 1937. It is one of three buildings built by the PWA on campus.
Source notes
Page 39, Rhode Island: State-Owned Historic Properties. Published in 1989 by the Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission. https://www.uri.edu/home/about/history_timeline.htmlSite originally submitted by John P. on February 15, 2014.
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