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Providence Fruit and Produce Warehouse Company Building

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Built
  
1929

Opened
  
1929

Architectural style
  
Streamline Moderne

NRHP Reference #
  
05000583

Area
  
2 ha

Added to NRHP
  
10 June 2005

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Location
  
Providence, Rhode Island

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The Providence Fruit and Produce Warehouse Company Building was a historic building located at 6-64 Harris Avenue in Providence, Rhode Island. The building, a large two-story warehouse facility, was built in 1929 by Jenks & Ballou, architects and engineers, with modest Moderne styling. The building served from 1929 to 1998 as the major distribution center for fresh fruits and vegetables in the state of Rhode Island, and was one of the centerpieces of the provisioning warehouse district of Providence north of the city center. Several of its bays were demolished in the 1980s to make way for a highway ramp, and the building was taken over by the state in 1998 and closed. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

The building was demolished in 2008 by Carpionato Properties to great controversy from local government and citizens.

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Providence Fruit and Produce Warehouse Company Building Wikipedia