Timeline of Providence, Rhode Island

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Providence, Rhode Island, United States.

Video Timeline of Providence, Rhode Island

Prior to 19th century

• 1635 - Great Colonial Hurricane of 1635
• 1636 - Providence founded by Roger Williams.
• 1638 - Baptist congregation formed.
• 1675 -- Narragansetts "harass" white settlers as part of King Philip's War
• 1676 -- March 29: Narragansett warriors led by Canonchet burn about fifty houses, including Roger Williams' house, as part of King Philip's War
• 1683 -- Roger Williams dies
• 1700 - North Burial Ground established
• 1711 - First burial at North Burial Ground
• 1753 - Providence Library Company organized.
• 1762
  • State House built.
  • William Goddard sets up printing press; Providence Gazette newspaper begins publication.
• 1764 - College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations established in Warren.
• 1768 - Brick Schoolhouse built on Meeting Street.
• 1770 - College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations relocated to Providence.
• 1775 - Market House and First Baptist Meetinghouse built.
• 1776 - 1777: Colonial and French troops use University Hall as a barracks and hospital during the American Revolutionary War
• 1784 -- January: Flooding on the Moshassuck River caused the greatest damage seen since the burning of the town during King Philip's War
• 1785 - Beneficent Congregational Society established.
• 1789
  • Providence Association of Mechanics and Manufacturers and Providence Society for Abolishing the Slave-Trade established.
• 1790
  • U.S. Custom House established.
  • Population: 6,380.
• 1791
  • October: Providence Bank on South Main Street incorporated; later known as Providence National Bank, Providence Union Bank and Trust Company, Industrial National Bank, and FleetBoston Financial.
• 1793
  • The first covered drawbridge is built over the Seekonk River where the Washington Bridge currently stands, followed the same year by the Central Bridge farther north.
• 1794 - Serril Dodge opens his first jewelry store on North Main Street, thus beginning Providence's jewelry industry
• 1795 - Theatre opens.
• 1798 - Providence Marine Society established.

Maps Timeline of Providence, Rhode Island

19th century

• 1800 -- Population: 7,614.
• 1801
  • January 21 -- The first "Great Fire" destroys 37 buildings and leaves many families homeless
  • Providence Marine Corps of Artillery founded.
• 1802 - Providence Phoenix newspaper begins publication.
• 1805 -- Providence streets receive official names for the first time
• 1810 -- Population: 10,071.
• 1814
  • Union Bank of Providence founded.
• 1815
  • September 23: The Great Gale of 1815 causes extensive damage and flooding.
• 1816
  • October 13: The First Congregational Church (Unitarian) dedicated, now known as First Unitarian Church.
• 1818 - Rhode Island Peace Society and Merchants Bank established.
• 1819
  • New England Yearly Meeting Boarding School opens.
• 1820
  • January 3: The Manufacturers' & Farmers' Journal, Providence & Pawtucket Advertiser begins publication, precursor to The Providence Journal.
• 1822 - Rhode Island Historical Society founded.
• 1823
  • April -- The first ordinance passed requiring snow removal from sidewalks within 24 hours after falling
  • Providence Franklin Society incorporated.
• 1824
  • The first city directory issued
  • Race riot in Hard Scrabble
  • August 23 -- Lafayette visited Providence for the first time since the Revolutionary War to great acclaim
• 1825
  • May -- the second "Great Fire" began at the corner of Union and Westminster Streets
• 1828
  • Dexter Asylum built.
  • Westminster Arcade built.
  • High Street Bank established.
  • Herald newspaper begins publication.
• 1829
  • The Providence Journal newspaper begins publishing daily.
• 1831
  • Boston and Providence Railroad begins operating.
  • Race riot in Snow Town.
  • Gorham Silver and Franklin Lyceum established.
• 1832
  • City incorporated. City government meets at Market House
  • Samuel W. Bridgham elected first mayor.
• 1833 -- David Brown opens a shop on South Main Street that later becomes Brown & Sharpe
• 1835 - Train station and first India Point Railroad Bridge built.
• 1836
  • Providence Athenaeum formed.
  • City hosts Rhode Island Anti-Slavery convention.
• 1838
  • Providence Association for the Benefit of Colored Children organized.
  • Narragansett Boat Club organized.
• 1839 - Providence Marine Corps of Artillery armory built.
• 1841 - 1842: Dorr Rebellion
• 1843 - Classical High School established.
• 1844
  • Butler Hospital for the Insane founded
  • Corliss, Nightingale & Co. in business.
• 1845
  • The City Council votes to prepare plans for a new City Hall
  • Grace Church built.
  • Laureldale Chemical Works established.
• 1846
  • Swan Point Cemetery established.
  • Scholfield's Commercial College, a business college located downtown, established.
  • A. T. Cross Company established.
• 1847
  • Providence and Worcester Railroad begins operating
  • Union Railroad Depot built
  • Providence Tool Company established.
• 1848
  • Providence Medical Association instituted.
  • B.B. and R. Knight, which later becomes Fruit of the Loom, established
• 1850 - Providence Reform School opens.
• 1852
  • Central Congregational Church established.
  • Locust Grove Cemetery incorporated.
• 1853
  • Providence Young Men's Christian Union established
  • Joseph Brown teams with Lucian Sharpe to form Brown & Sharpe
• 1854 - Hartford, Providence and Fishkill Railroad begins operating.
• 1855
  • James Y. Smith becomes mayor.
  • Providence Aid Society organized.
  • U.S. Customshouse built.
• 1860 - Population: 50,666.
• 1863
  • Bryant and Stratton National Business College (now Bryant University) opens a campus in Providence
• 1865 - Population: 54,595.
• 1866
  • Providence receives state approval to tap the Pawtuxet River as a source of drinking water
• 1867
  • Young Women's Christian Association organized.
  • Babcock & Wilcox founded.
• 1868
  • Rhode Island Hospital dedicated.
  • Women's City Missionary Society organized.
• 1869
  • Morning Star newspaper begins publication.
  • November: Prospect Terrace Park created.
• "1870's" - A sewer system is constructed which discharges city waste into the harbor.
• 1871
  • Roger Williams Park donated to the people of Providence by Betsy Williams
  • Thanksgiving Day: Providence municipal water service begins, pumping water from the Pawtuxet River
  • Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument dedicated.
• 1872
  • Roger Williams Park Zoo founded.
  • First Universalist Church built.
  • First Point Street Bridge built.
  • Construction begins on the Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Company Complex along the Woonasquatucket River
• 1874
  • Cornerstone of City Hall is laid on June 24.
• 1876 - Rhode Island Women's Club established.
• 1877
  • Rhode Island School of Design and museum established.
  • Providence County Court House dedicated.
  • Grammar school built on Candace Street.
• 1878
  • Providence Grays baseball team formed; Messer Street Grounds baseball stadium built
  • Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul completed
  • City Hall opens on November 14.
  • Providence Public Library opens.
  • Homeopathic Hospital founded.
• 1880 - Providence Art Club incorporated.
• 1883
  • Providence Press Club formed.
  • Providence Literary Association organized.
• 1884
  • Providence Lying-In Hospital founded.
  • Providence Camera Club organized.
  • October: The Providence Grays win baseball's 1884 World Series championship game
• 1885
  • Fleur-de-lys Studios built
  • Providence Grays baseball team disbanded
  • The Providence Journal begins publishing seven days per week.
• 1886
  • June 9: Thomas A. Doyle dies in office, Providence's longest-serving mayor (18 years).
  • June 14: Providence businesses shut down as Mayor Doyle's funeral procession marches through the city.
• 1888
  • City Hall is powered by electric lighting for the first time
• 1890
  • Providence's jewelry industry includes more than 200 firms with almost 7,000 workers
• 1891
  • Providence Athletic Association incorporated.
  • The Outlet Company established.
  • Providence News begins publication.
• 1892
  • First electric streetcar begins operation on January 20.
• 1894 - Providence Engineering Society founded.
• 1896 - Providence Water Color Club organized.
• 1897 - Emma Goldman arrested for "open-air speaking" at Market Square.
• 1898 - Union Station rebuilt.

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20th century

• 1900 - Population: 175,597.
• 1901 - Providence's first sewage treatment plant begins "chemical precipitation" treatment of city waste, one of the first such plants in the US.
• 1904 - Rhode Island State House built.
• 1905 - Handicraft Club organized.
• 1906 - Evening Tribune newspaper begins publication.
• 1907 - Annmary Brown Memorial museum dedicated.
• 1908 - Federal Building constructed.
• 1913
  • Turk's Head Building constructed
• 1914
  • Johnson & Wales School of Business is formed, later becomes known as Johnson & Wales University
• 1926
  • Miriam Hospital opens.
• 1928
  • Construction finishes on the Industrial Trust Building (aka "Superman Building").
  • February: Providence author H. P. Lovecraft publishes his most famous story The Call of Cthulhu in Weird Tales magazine
  • Vedanta Society of Providence founded.
• 1930
  • 25 September: Current Washington Bridge south span opens
• 1932
  • Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council headquartered in city.
• 1935
  • Bryant College of Business Administration, now known as Bryant University, moves from downtown to the East Side
• 1937
  • March 15: Author H.P. Lovecraft dies, aged 47
• 1938 - September: Hurricane.
• 1945 - The Providence Journal wins its first Pulitzer Prize
• 1949 - WJAR-TV begins broadcasting.
• 1950 - Veterans Memorial Auditorium opens.
• 1953 - The Providence Journal wins its second Pulitzer Prize
• 1954 - Hurricane Carol strikes the area.
• 1955 - WPRO-TV begins broadcasting.
• 1956
  • Raymond L. S. Patriarca moves the New England organized crime family to Providence, setting up shop at a vending machine and pinball business on Federal Hill.
  • Providence Preservation Society organized.
• 1957 - Dexter Asylum demolished.
• 1961 -- July: Construction on Fox Point Hurricane Barrier begun
• 1962 - Brown Broadcasting Service established.
• 1964 -- Once-grand Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Company abandons its sprawling location along the Woonasquatucket River for a modern plant in North Kingstown.
• 1966 - January: Fox Point Hurricane Barrier completed
• 1968 - Rhode Island League of Cities and Towns headquartered in Providence.
• 1969 - Current Henderson Bridge opens
• 1971
  • Bryant College vacates Providence for Smithfield
• 1972 - Providence Zen Center founded.
• 1975
  • Buddy Cianci becomes mayor.
  • Eight thieves carry out the Bonded Vault heist, the largest heist and, subsequently, the longest and costliest trial in state history.
• 1976
  • November: Masjid Al-Karim, Islamic Center of Rhode Island, established.
• 1978
  • February: The Great Blizzard paralyzes Providence with 56 inches of snow. Governor J. Joseph Garrahy comforts the city and state by wearing a flannel shirt.
  • City Archives established.
  • The city's jewelry industry peaks, with 32,500 workers, then begins a decline.
• 1980
  • Voters approve an $87 million bond issue to improve municipal sewage treatment plant
  • The Narragansett Bay Commission is formed
• 1984
  • First Night Providence begins
  • Mayor Buddy Cianci forced to resign after pleading "no contest" to an assault charge
• 1986
  • Providence Business News begins publication.
  • Providence Station opens.
• 1990 - Governor Henry Lippitt House museum opens (approximate date).
• 1991
  • Buddy Cianci returns to the mayor's office
  • Embezzlement at the Heritage Loan & Investment bank triggers the Rhode Island banking crisis.
• 1994
  • Waterplace Park constructed.
  • WaterFire begins.
  • Gun court established in the Providence Superior Court.
• 1996
  • The Providence Journal goes public and subsequently is purchased by the Dallas-based A.H. Belo Company
• 1997
  • City website online (approximate date).
  • Providence Children's Museum opens.
• 1999
  • Providence Urban Debate League founded.
  • Providence Place Mall opens.

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21st century

• 2001
  • April: Sitting mayor Buddy Cianci is indicted on federal criminal charges of racketeering, conspiracy, extortion, witness tampering, and mail fraud
• 2002
  • Soviet submarine K-77 museum opens
  • September: Mayor Buddy Cianci is sentenced to serve five years in federal prison
• 2003 - David Cicilline becomes mayor.
• 2005 - January: The North American blizzard of 2005 drops 17 inches of snow on downtown Providence
• 2006 - Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology opens at Brown University.
• 2007
  • April 18: Soviet submarine K-77 sinks after a storm.
  • May: Former mayor Cianci released from prison
  • November: New Iway bridge opens for eastbound traffic
• 2008
  • Historic Westminster Arcade closes for renovations
• 2009
  • October: Final section of Iway bridge opens for westbound traffic.
• 2010
  • Population: 178,042.
  • March: A series of rainstorms causes severe flood damage. President Obama declares a state of emergency for the region.
• 2011
  • January: Angel Taveras becomes mayor.
  • August 28: Hurricane Irene downs 300-400 trees and leaves 12,700 without power.
  • October: Occupy protest begins.
  • November: Open Providence Commission for Transparency and Accountability established.
• 2012
  • October 29: Hurricane Sandy hits Providence. The Fox Point Hurricane Barrier is credited with saving the city from major damage.
• 2013
  • February: Winter Storm Nemo drops 27 inches of snow; Hurricane-force winds topple trees, and many people lose power
  • Historic Westminster Arcade re-opens after renovation
  • Historic Mayoral portraits in City Hall cleaned and restored
  • April: The landmark Industrial Trust Building, aka "Superman Building," loses its sole tenant, and goes dark.
• 2014
  • October 17: The Phoenix publishes its last print issue
• 2015
  • January 5: Jorge Elorza sworn in as mayor
  • January: Kennedy Plaza re-opens after major renovation
  • September 20: George Redman Linear Park, a bicycle and pedestrian path on the Washington Bridge, is dedicated.
• 2016
  • January 28: Former mayor Buddy Cianci dies
  • February 6-7: Former mayor Cianci lies in state at City Hall
  • February 8: Cianci's funeral procession marches through the city, stopping for a funeral mass at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul and ending at St. Ann's Cemetery in Cranston for burial.
  • September 11: Mayor Elorza and the president of the firefighter's union come to an agreement after a 13-month contract dispute.
• 2017
  • November: Thousands lose power after Tropical Storm Philippe
• 2018
  • May: The Cable Car Cinema, an independent art cinema on South Main Street, closes its doors. The cinema had been in operation since the 1970s.

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See also

• History of Providence, Rhode Island
• List of mayors of Providence, Rhode Island
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence, Rhode Island
• Construction projects in Providence
• Timeline of Newport, Rhode Island
• Timeline of Rhode Island

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References

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Bibliography

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External links

• City Archives. "History". ProvidenceRI.com. City of Providence. 
• Works related to Providence, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).
• "Providence". Atlas of the Rhode Island Book Trade in the Eighteenth Century. Rhode Island Historical Society. 2010. 
• Map of Providence, 1904

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