NRHP Reference # 76000003 Area 2 ha Added to NRHP 11 August 1976 | Designated CP February 10, 1984 Architecture firm Martin & Hall | |
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Part of Downtown Providence Historic District (#84001967) Similar Providence City Hall, Rhode Island Conventi, Providence Performing Arts Center, Providence Bilt, Roger Williams Park | ||
The Shepard Company Building is an historic building at 259 Westminster Mall, 72-92 Washington Street in Providence, Rhode Island. A prominent landmark in the Providence downtown, it occupies an entire city block, and housed Shepard's, one of New England's largest department stores, for many decades. The building grew in stages, starting as a modest three-story Italianate structure at the corner of Clemence and Washington in 1880. Beginning in 1896 the company embarked on a rapid expansion, designed by Martin & Hall, which was largely completed by 1903. The building was struck by fire in 1920, but rebuilt under Hall's supervision. The building is currently owned by the State of Rhode Island and houses the Feinstein Campus of the University of Rhode Island, the Providence Campus of the Community College of Rhode Island, the Rhode Island Department of Education, and other state offices.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.