David Sprague House

David Sprague House
Location Providence, Rhode Island
Coordinates 41°48′31.5174″N 71°25′5.4552″W / 41.808754833°N 71.418182000°W / 41.808754833; -71.418182000Coordinates: 41°48′31.5174″N 71°25′5.4552″W / 41.808754833°N 71.418182000°W / 41.808754833; -71.418182000
Built 1839[1]
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Federal
NRHP reference # 78000010 [2]
Added to NRHP May 23, 1978

The David Sprague House is an historic house at 7 Harvard Avenue, at the corner of Taylor Street in Providence, Rhode Island. The house was built in 1839[1] and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

History

The house was originally located at 263 Public Street, which was then a "rural hinterland" with few residences.[1] When the horsecar line was introduced to the South Providence neighborhood in 1865, the house became surrounded by larger Victorian style houses.[1] By the mid-1930s, the neighborhood was "noted for its antiquity and quaint architecture."[1] However, forty years later the neighborhood fell into disrepair, leaving the Sprague House as the neighborhood's most well-preserved landmark.[1] This led the Providence Preservation Society to nominate the building for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

By the 1990s, the Sprague House, now falling into disrepair, was named on the Providence Preservation Society's "Most Endangered List" in 1998, 1999, and 2000.[1]

Around 2000, the decaying building was restored, and moved to a new location at 7 Harvard Avenue, which was deemed "more suitable."[1]

Notes

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "2000 Ten Most Endangered Properties". Providence Preservation Society. Providence Preservation Society. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  2. ↑ National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.

See also

Corner view


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