Elm Tree Plat Historic District

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Elm Tree Plat Historic District
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LocationCharlotte & Elinora Sts., Fenner, Harvey & Willett Aves., East Providence, Rhode Island
Coordinates 41°46′13″N71°21′10″W / 41.7702°N 71.3528°W / 41.7702; -71.3528 Coordinates: 41°46′13″N71°21′10″W / 41.7702°N 71.3528°W / 41.7702; -71.3528
Area6.5 acres (2.6 ha)
NRHP reference No. 15000829 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 19, 2015

The Elm Tree Plat Historic District encompasses an early 20th-century neighborhood of East Providence, Rhode Island. Developed beginning in 1924, it contains 53 single-family residences and one commercial building, most of which were built between 1925 and 1935 as a streetcar suburb development serving the Providence area. Most of the houses were built by a single pair of developers, Severin Carlson and Carl Johnson, and are one and two-story Bungalow-style houses. It is roughly bounded by Willett, Harvey, and Fenner Avenues and Charlotte Street, in southern East Providence. [2]

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System  (#15000829)". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Elm Tree Plat Historic District" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-05. Retrieved 2015-11-29.