Wanskuck Library-Community Libraries of Providence | |
Location: | Providence, Rhode Island |
Coordinates: | 41.8511°N -71.4347°W |
Built: | 1928 |
Architect: | Clarke & Howe
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Architecture: | Colonial Revival |
Added: | March 5, 1998 |
Mpsub: | Branch Buildings of Providence Community Library MPS |
Refnum: | 98000217 |
The Wanskuck Library—A Community Library of Providence is an historic branch library building at 233 Veazie Street in Providence, Rhode Island. It is a single-story brick and stone structure, built in 1928, replacing an earlier library building which had originally housed a library established by the Wanskuck Mill Company for its employees. The building was designed by Clarke & Howe, and is an excellent local example of Colonial Revival design, with a tetrastyle entrance portico. It was the first of ten libraries built based on Howe designs.[1]
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.