The Providence County Courthouse (also known as the Frank Licht Judicial Complex ) is a Georgian Revival building in the College Hill neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island . The building contains the state's court of last resort , the Rhode Island Supreme Court , and the local trial court, the Providence County Superior Court.
10-496: At a height of 216 ft (66 m), the courthouse is the 11th-tallest building in the city. The lot currently occupied by the courthouse has been used for governmental and judicial purposes since the 18th century. In 1794, the city purchased a building at the southern corner of college and Benefit Streets originally built in 1723 by the First Congregational Society for use as a meeting house. Known as
20-404: A public commission began work to erect a new courthouse at the site. Among the reasons cited for the construction of a new building were the prior structure's inadequate space and lack of fireproofing. The second and current courthouse was erected between 1924 and 1933 following a design by Jackson, Robertson & Adams . As part of the construction process, the historic Stephen Hopkins House
30-635: A rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings. The "Year" column indicates the year in which the building was completed. 41°49′28.27″N 71°24′39.89″W / 41.8245194°N 71.4110806°W / 41.8245194; -71.4110806 ( :Industrial National Bank Building ) 41°49′31.11″N 71°24′36.14″W / 41.8253083°N 71.4100389°W / 41.8253083; -71.4100389 ( One Financial Plaza ) 41°49′30.32″N 71°24′54.77″W / 41.8250889°N 71.4152139°W / 41.8250889; -71.4152139 ( The Residences at
40-623: A second building boom in the 1970s, during which One Financial Plaza and Textron Tower , the city's second and fifth-tallest buildings, were completed. In the 1990s and 2000s, the city again experienced a construction boom. Dubbed the Providence "Renaissance," this period saw the construction of four of the cities ten tallest buildings. Download coordinates as: This lists ranks Rhode Island structures based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. An equal sign (=) following
50-693: Is also the sixth-tallest building in New England outside of Boston . The second-tallest building in Providence is One Financial Plaza , which rises 30 floors and 410 feet (125 m) and was completed in 1973. As one of the early manufacturing centers in the United States, many of Providence's tallest buildings were constructed prior to 1930; among these are the Industrial National Bank Building, Turk's Head Building , and Bannigan Building . The city went through
60-593: The "town house," this building hosted public meetings and was occasionally used as a courthouse. In March 1875, the property was condemned and a city commission began work to construct a new public building at the site. The resulting courthouse, was designed by Stone & Carpenter in the High Victorian Gothic style. Work on the structure began in July 1875 and was completed in December 1877. In 1923,
70-5287: The Westin ) 41°49′31.15″N 71°24′58.5″W / 41.8253194°N 71.416250°W / 41.8253194; -71.416250 ( The Westin Providence ) 41°48′57″N 71°24′16″W / 41.815829°N 71.404329°W / 41.815829; -71.404329 ( Manchester Street Generating Station ) 41°49′29.63″N 71°24′33.05″W / 41.8248972°N 71.4091806°W / 41.8248972; -71.4091806 ( Textron Tower ) 41°49′29.8″N 71°24′38.09″W / 41.824944°N 71.4105806°W / 41.824944; -71.4105806 ( 50 Kennedy Plaza ) 41°49′40.2672″N 71°24′48.261″W / 41.827852000°N 71.41340583°W / 41.827852000; -71.41340583 ( Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island Headquarters ) 41°49′38.44″N 71°24′45.098″W / 41.8273444°N 71.41252722°W / 41.8273444; -71.41252722 ( Waterplace 1 ) 41°49′51.1032″N 71°24′54.053″W / 41.830862000°N 71.41501472°W / 41.830862000; -71.41501472 ( Rhode Island State House ) 41°49′27.73″N 71°24′48.4″W / 41.8243694°N 71.413444°W / 41.8243694; -71.413444 ( Biltmore Hotel ) 41°36′58.3″N 71°16′10.8″W / 41.616194°N 71.269667°W / 41.616194; -71.269667 41°49′31.76″N 71°24′24.84″W / 41.8254889°N 71.4069000°W / 41.8254889; -71.4069000 ( Providence County Courthouse ) 41°49′28.42″N 71°24′35.5″W / 41.8245611°N 71.409861°W / 41.8245611; -71.409861 ( Turk's Head Building ) 41°49′38.22″N 71°24′48.05″W / 41.8272833°N 71.4133472°W / 41.8272833; -71.4133472 ( Waterplace 2 ) 41°52′44.2″N 71°22′55.8″W / 41.878944°N 71.382167°W / 41.878944; -71.382167 41°49′19″N 71°24′49″W / 41.82183°N 71.413507°W / 41.82183; -71.413507 ( Grace Church ) 41°49′38.22″N 71°24′48.05″W / 41.8272833°N 71.4133472°W / 41.8272833; -71.4133472 ( Waterplace 2 ) 41°49′11.6″N 71°26′10.0″W / 41.819889°N 71.436111°W / 41.819889; -71.436111 ( Waterplace 2 ) 41°52′33″N 71°23′09″W / 41.875806°N 71.385755°W / 41.875806; -71.385755 ( Slater Hill ) 41°49′28″N 71°24′18″W / 41.824381°N 71.404901°W / 41.824381; -71.404901 ( First Unitarian Church ) 41°50′19.6902″N 71°24′35.2368″W / 41.838802833°N 71.409788000°W / 41.838802833; -71.409788000 ( Waterplace 2 ) 41°49′39″N 71°24′30″W / 41.827476°N 71.408292°W / 41.827476; -71.408292 ( First Baptist Church ) 41°52′50″N 71°22′59″W / 41.880481°N 71.38316°W / 41.880481; -71.38316 ( Slater Hill ) 41°49′38.4558″N 71°24′38.2926″W / 41.827348833°N 71.410636833°W / 41.827348833; -71.410636833 ( One Citizens Plaza ) 41°49′36.85″N 71°24′0.49″W / 41.8269028°N 71.4001361°W / 41.8269028; -71.4001361 ( Brown University Sciences Library ) 41°49′27″N 71°24′25″W / 41.824074°N 71.407019°W / 41.824074; -71.407019 ( 121 South Main Street ) 41°49′32.38″N 71°24′34.83″W / 41.8256611°N 71.4096750°W / 41.8256611; -71.4096750 ( Hospital Trust Building ) 41°49′21.84″N 71°25′16.69″W / 41.8227333°N 71.4213028°W / 41.8227333; -71.4213028 ( Sister Dominica Manor ) 41°49′23″N 71°25′07″W / 41.822989°N 71.418550°W / 41.822989; -71.418550 ( Hilton Providence ) 41°49′40″N 71°24′36″W / 41.827908°N 71.410074°W / 41.827908; -71.410074 ( Edge College Hill ) 41°52′29″N 71°23′10″W / 41.874726°N 71.386038°W / 41.874726; -71.386038 ( Slater Hill ) 41°49′29″N 71°24′33″W / 41.824679°N 71.409209°W / 41.824679; -71.409209 ( Bannigan Building ) 41°49′25″N 71°24′41″W / 41.823685°N 71.411350°W / 41.823685; -71.411350 ( Union Trust Company Building ) 41°49′09″N 71°24′59″W / 41.819282°N 71.416506°W / 41.819282; -71.416506 ( Union Trust Company Building ) This table lists buildings that once held
80-634: The buildings surrounding. Woodward also commends the fragmentation of the building's large mass into "visually digestible units". This article related to a building or structure in Providence, Rhode Island is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . List of tallest buildings in Providence The U.S. state of Rhode Island is home to 27 buildings over 175 feet (53 m) in height. Five of these buildings are taller than 300 feet (91 m), all of which are located in
90-596: The state's capital and largest city, Providence . The tallest skyscraper in the city and state is the Industrial National Bank Building at 111 Westminster Street in Downtown Providence , which rises 26 floors and 428 feet (130 m). The Industrial National Bank Building, nicknamed the " Superman Building" due to its resemblance to the fictional Daily Planet building from the 1950s TV series, Adventures of Superman ,
100-519: Was moved from its original location on the lot to an adjacent property. The building is constructed from red brick with granite and limestone trim. The building's exterior is designed in the Georgian Revival style while the interior follows an iteration of the Federal style. Architectural historian McKenzie Woodward lauds the building for its contextualism , which defers in its design to
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