Aylesworth Apartments | |
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| Location | 188–194 Broad Street, Providence, Rhode Island |
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| Coordinates | 41°49′00″N71°25′06″W / 41.816587°N 71.418245°W Coordinates: 41°49′00″N71°25′06″W / 41.816587°N 71.418245°W |
| Built | 1888 |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne |
| NRHP reference No. | 82000133 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 12, 1982 |
The Aylesworth Apartments is a historic apartment building in Providence, Rhode Island.
It is a 2-1/2 story structure, built in brick on the first floor, and with its upper floors finished in slate. It has a busy roofline, typical of the Queen Anne style popular when it was built in 1888–89. Its main entry is recessed under a large round archway which also has a small second-story porch under it. The building originally housed four apartments, but was altered in 1978 to house professional offices. It is the oldest known building built as an apartment house in the city. [2]
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]
Eli Aylesworth (1802–1894) built the apartments as an investment. Aylesworth, since 1858, had been president of the Westminster Bank and lived a block east on Broad Street, in a single-family dwelling long since demolished. His firsts tenants here were his peers, at least economically. [2]
The First Baptist Church in America is the First Baptist Church of Providence, Rhode Island, also known as the First Baptist Meetinghouse. It is the oldest Baptist church congregation in the United States, founded in 1638 by Roger Williams in Providence, Rhode Island. The present church building was erected in 1774–75 and held its first meetings in May 1775. It is located at 75 North Main Street in Providence's College Hill neighborhood. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960.
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