Market House

The Market House is a historic three-story brick market house in Market Square, in the , a neighborhood of , USA. The building was constructed between 1773 and 1775 and designed by prominent local architects, Joseph Brown and Declaration of Independence signer Stephen Hopkins.
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  • Type: Commercial building
  • Description: building in Rhode Island, United States of America
  • Address: RI

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rhode Island School of Design and John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library.

University
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The is a private art school in , United States. The school was founded as a coeducational institution in 1877 by Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf, who sought to increase the accessibility of design education to women.

Library
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The , nicknamed "the Rock", is the primary teaching and research library for the humanities, social sciences, and fine arts at Brown University in . is situated 870 feet east of Market House.

Museum
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The is a museum and National Historic Landmark at 15 Hopkins Street in . It was the home of Stephen Hopkins, a governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. is situated 550 feet southeast of Market House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown Providence and Providence.

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Downtown includes the core of the downtown area as well as Waterplace Park, the Providence Place Mall, and Capitol Hill.

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is the state capital and largest city in , as well as the third largest city in . It used to be a heavily industrialized bastion of organized crime, but 's recent renaissance has created new parks and attractions and brought emphasis back to its historic roots as an intellectual center.

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is a district in , Rhode Island. It is approximately bounded by North Main Street to the west, Williams Street to the south, Governor Street and Arlington Avenue to the east, and Olney Street to the north.

Market House

Latitude
41.8258° or 41° 49′ 33″ north
Longitude
-71.40833° or 71° 24′ 30″ west
Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)
Open location code
87HCRHGR+8M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 141567764
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­commercial
Geo­Names ID
8479708
Wiki­data ID
Q6770694
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