Greene Inn Explained

Greene Inn
Location:Narragansett, Rhode Island
Coordinates:41.4231°N -71.4564°W
Built:1887
Architect:Preston, William Gibbons
Architecture:Shingle Style
Added:June 24, 1976
Refnum:76000009

The Greene Inn (also known as Green Inn or Greene's Inn) was a historic summer resort hotel at 175 Ocean Road in Narragansett, Rhode Island.

The shingle style inn was built in 1887 to a design by William Gibbons Preston and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. It was designed as a year-round facility in what was then a seasonal summer resort area, with steam heat piped to its rooms. It originally including facilities for stabling up to 100 polo ponies.[1]

The hotel closed in 1975. The inn was used as a set for the television film The House of Mirth in 1979.[2] It was destroyed by a fire in 1980,[3] [2] and condemned in 1981.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Latimer, Sallie. Narragansett-by-the-Sea. Arcadia Publishing. 39–40. 9780738563626. 1997.
  2. Web site: History of Narragansett, RI from 1800-1999: A Chronology of Major Events . Vangermeersch . Richard . 2017 . The Narragansett Historical Society . February 11, 2018.
  3. Web site: Historic Resources of Narragansett Pier. Rhode Island Preservation. 2014-10-21.