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Coordinates: 41°49′37″N 71°25′18″W / 41.82694°N 71.42167°W / 41.82694; -71.42167
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Providence Fruit and Produce Warehouse Company Building
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Providence Fruit and Produce Warehouse Company Building is located in Rhode Island
Providence Fruit and Produce Warehouse Company Building
Providence Fruit and Produce Warehouse Company Building is located in the United States
Providence Fruit and Produce Warehouse Company Building
LocationProvidence, Rhode Island
Coordinates41°49′37″N 71°25′18″W / 41.82694°N 71.42167°W / 41.82694; -71.42167
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built1929
ArchitectJenks & Ballou
Architectural styleModerne
NRHP reference No.05000583[1]
Added to NRHPJune 10, 2005

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 three 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.[2] The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]

The building was demolished in 2008 by Carpionato Properties to great controversy from local government and citizens.[3]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Providence Fruit and Produce Warehouse Company Building" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-10-26.
  3. ^ See 195 Bidder Carpionato Failed to Redevelop Providence Fruit Market, Go Local Prov News (May 26, 2014). See also Mega-Apartment Plan Emerging for Vacant Fruit and Produce Market Land, Go Local Prov News (Dec. 21, 2016).

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