Greene Inn

Greene Inn
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
1930s postcard view
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Location	Narragansett, Rhode Island
Coordinates	41°25′23″N71°27′23″W / 41.42306°N 71.45639°W / 41.42306; -71.45639
Built	1887;138 years ago (1887)
Architect	Preston, William Gibbons
Architectural style	Shingle Style
NRHP reference No.	76000009 [1]
Added to NRHP	June 24, 1976

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. ^[1] 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. ^[2]

The hotel closed in 1975. ^{[3] : p. 13-2} The inn was used as a set for the television film The House of Mirth in 1979. ^{[3] : p. 13–16} It was destroyed by a fire in 1980, ^{[4] [3] : p. 13–18} and condemned in 1981. ^{[3] : p. 14-2}

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Rhode Island

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
2. Latimer, Sallie (1997). Narragansett-by-the-Sea. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 39–40. ISBN   9780738563626.
3. Vangermeersch, Richard (2017). "History of Narragansett, RI from 1800-1999: A Chronology of Major Events" (PDF). The Narragansett Historical Society. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
4. "Historic Resources of Narragansett Pier" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved October 21, 2014.