Greene Inn

Greene Inn

1930s postcard view
Location Narragansett, Rhode Island
Coordinates 41°25′23″N 71°27′23″W / 41.42306°N 71.45639°W / 41.42306; -71.45639Coordinates: 41°25′23″N 71°27′23″W / 41.42306°N 71.45639°W / 41.42306; -71.45639
Built 1887
Architect Preston,William Gibbons
Architectural style Shingle Style
NRHP Reference # 76000009[1]
Added to NRHP June 24, 1976

The Greene Inn was an historic summer resort hotel at 175 Ocean Road in Narragansett, Rhode Island.

The Shingle style inn was built in 1887 to a design by William Gibbons Preston and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1] It was designed as a year-round facility in what was then a seasonal summer resort area, with steam heat piped to its rooms. It originally including facilities for stabling up to 100 polo ponies.[2] It was destroyed by fire in 1980.[3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Latimer, Sallie (1997). Narragansett-by-the-Sea. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 39–40. ISBN 9780738563626.
  3. "Historic Resources of Narragansett Pier" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-10-21.


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