Olney Street–Alumni Avenue Historic District, Providence

Name: Olney Street–Alumni Avenue Historic District
Address: Providence, United States

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Olney Street–Alumni Avenue Historic District

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Olney Street–Alumni Avenue Historic District is a residential historic district in northeastern Providence, Rhode Island. Located just north of the Moses Brown School campus, this is an enclave of 53 tasteful yet conservative houses built between about 1880 and 1938. It includes houses along Olney Street and Alumni Avenue between Hope and Arlington Streets, and includes a few houses on adjacent streets. Most of these houses are uniformly set back from the street, even though there was no zoning requiring that at the time, and are of brick and/or wood construction. They are stylistically heterogeneous, with Queen Anne and the Colonial Revival predominating. ()

Coordinates: 41°50'9"N, 71°23'53"W

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Olney Street–Alumni Avenue Historic District – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Prospect Terrace Park, RISD Museum, Governor Henry Lippitt House, Avon Cinema.

0.6 miSW
Park, Lookout, View point
Prospect Terrace Park, Providence
16 min walk • Prospect Terrace Park is a park located on Congdon Street in the College Hill neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island. The park was founded in 1869, on land that was given to the city by residents of the neighborhood. The park is known as "The Jewel of the City" for its dramatic elevated view of Downtown Providence.
0.8 miSW
Museum, Art gallery, Education
RISD Museum, Providence
20 min walk • The Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design is an art museum integrated with the Rhode Island School of Design, in Providence, Rhode Island, US. The museum was co-founded with the school in 1877, and still shares multiple buildings and facilities.
0.5 miS
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Governor Henry Lippitt House, Providence
14 min walk • The Governor Henry Lippitt House is a historic house museum at 199 Hope Street on the East Side of Providence, Rhode Island. A National Historic Landmark, it is one of the finest Italianate mansion houses in the state, and considered one of the best-preserved examples of Victorian-era houses in the US.
0.5 miS
Nightlife, Cinema, Theater
Avon Cinema, Providence
13 min walk • The Avon Cinema is an independent movie theater near Brown University on the East Side of Providence. The Avon's Art Deco styling dates from its opening in February 1938. The theater primarily screens independent, art house, and foreign films. The theatre has been owned by the same family since 1938. It seats 486 and has one screen.
0.7 miSW
Church
Cathedral of St. John, Providence
18 min walk • The Episcopal Cathedral of St. John, located at 271 North Main Street in Providence, Rhode Island was built in 1810 and was designed and built by John Holden Greene in the early Gothic Revival style, replacing a smaller wooden 1722 church on the same site.
0.5 miS
Church
Central Congregational Church, Providence
13 min walk • Central Congregational Church is a United Church of Christ congregation established in 1852 in Providence, Rhode Island. The current church building at 296 Angell Street was built in 1893, designed by New York architectural firm Carrère and Hastings.
0.6 miS
Theater
Rites and Reason Theatre, Providence
15 min walk • Rites and Reason Theatre is a theater within the Africana Studies department of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1970 by Professor George Houston Bass, and is one of the longest-running continuously producing black theaters in the United States.
0.7 miS
Georgian architecture, Universities and schools
Brown University, Providence
17 min walk • University Hall is the first and oldest building on the campus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Built in 1770, the building is one of only seven extant college buildings built prior to the American Revolution.
0.7 miSW
Museum, Specialty museum
Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Providence
18 min walk • The Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology is Brown University's teaching and research museum. The museum has a 2,000-square-foot gallery in Manning Hall on Brown's campus in Providence, Rhode Island.
0.7 miS
Church, Gothic Revival architecture, Sacred and religious sites
St. Stephen's Church, Providence
19 min walk • S. Stephen's Church is an historic Episcopal church located at 114 George Street in the College Hill neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island. Located in the midst of the Brown University campus, it is an active parish in the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island, with a strong Anglo-Catholic identity.
0.7 miSW
Church
Congdon Street Baptist Church, Providence
18 min walk • The Congdon Street Baptist Church is an historically African American church at 17 Congdon Street in the College Hill neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Olney Street–Alumni Avenue Historic District?

Nearby attractions include Ladd Observatory, Providence (6 min walk), Freeman Plat Historic District, Providence (7 min walk), Doyle Avenue Historic District, Providence (10 min walk), Stimson Avenue Historic District, Providence (12 min walk).

How to get to Olney Street–Alumni Avenue Historic District by public transport?

The nearest stations to Olney Street–Alumni Avenue Historic District:

Train

Providence (24 min walk)

Bus

Memorial and Exchange • Lines: 12x, 14, 21, 30, 65x, 95x (25 min walk)
Kennedy Plaza Stop Y • Lines: 49, 60 (26 min walk)