Hope Block and Cheapside
Hope Block and Cheapside are two historic commercial buildings located at 22-26 and 40 North Main Street in the College Hill neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island.Photo: Marcbela, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rhode Island School of Design and First Baptist Church in America.
Rhode Island School of Design
University
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Rhode Island School of Design is a private art school in Providence, Rhode Island, 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.
First Baptist Church in America
Church
Photo: Filetime, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The First Baptist Church in America, also known as the First Baptist Church of Providence or the First Baptist Meetinghouse, is the oldest church in Rhode Island and the oldest Baptist church in the United States and the Americas. First Baptist Church in America is situated 420 feet north of Hope Block and Cheapside.
John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library
Library
Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, nicknamed "the Rock", is the primary teaching and research library for the humanities, social sciences, and fine arts at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library is situated 980 feet east of Hope Block and Cheapside.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown Providence and Providence.
Downtown Providence
Photo: X2o, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Downtown Providence includes the core of the downtown area as well as Waterplace Park, the Providence Place Mall, and Capitol Hill.
Providence
Providence is the state capital and largest city in Rhode Island, as well as the third largest city in New England. It used to be a heavily industrialized bastion of organized crime, but Providence's recent renaissance has created new parks and attractions and brought emphasis back to its historic roots as an intellectual center.
College Hill
College Hill is a district in Providence, 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.
Hope Block and Cheapside
- Type: University building
- Also known as: “Hope Block”
- Categories: group of structures or buildings, building, historic site, historic building, and education
- Location: City of Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.82633° or 41° 49′ 35″ northLongitude
-71.40864° or 71° 24′ 31″ westOpen location code
87HCRHGR+GGOpenStreetMap ID
way 1032446522OpenStreetMap feature
building=universityOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingWikidata ID
Q5899177
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