This five story masonry building was erected to house the facilities of the Pawtucket Times, which was founded in 1885. The building was designed by architects William R. Walker & Son in 1895 and completed in 1896.[2] In 1922 the Times completed a large utilitarian addition facing North Union Street. This was designed by Bellows & Aldrich of Boston.[3][4] In 1950 the complex was expanded and remodeled to plans by the Dwight Seabury Company, local architects and engineers.[5][6]
In 2007 the owners of the Times, which by then was occupying only the first floor, put the building on the market. It was nearly sold several times and was considered as the new home for the Gamm Theatre. In 2019 the building was acquired by the owner of the Pawtucket Armory and the Times moved out.[7] The new owner never moved ahead with redevelopment plans and the still-vacant building was placed back on the market in 2023.
The main facade is faced in yellow brick with limestone trim. The first floor is divided into four bays, paired in size with the left one of the pair larger than the right. The entrance occupies the narrow bay on the far right, while the other bays are filled with windows and divided by limestone-faced piers. The next three floors also have four bays, but they are organized in mirror-image pairs, with a larger central bay with tripled windows flanked by an outer bay with a single sash window. The lintel treatments vary by floor; the windows on the fourth floor are round-arched. The fifth level is also organized in mirror-image paired bays, with the central bays each housing a row of four, small round-arch windows, and the outer bays only having two such windows. The building is topped by an elaborate dentillatedcornice.[8]
pawtucket, times, building, historic, building, exchange, street, historic, central, business, district, pawtucket, rhode, island, formerly, home, pawtucket, times, newspaper, national, register, historic, placesu, historic, districtcontributing, property23, e. The Pawtucket Times Building is a historic building at 23 Exchange Street in the historic central business district of Pawtucket Rhode Island It was formerly the home of the Pawtucket Times newspaper Pawtucket Times BuildingU S National Register of Historic PlacesU S Historic districtContributing property23 Exchange Street Pawtucket Times Building July 2009Show map of Rhode IslandShow map of the United StatesLocationPawtucket Rhode Island USCoordinates41 52 46 N 71 23 10 W 41 87944 N 71 38611 W 41 87944 71 38611Built1896ArchitectWilliam R Walker amp SonPart ofDowntown Pawtucket Historic District ID06001227 MPSPawtucket MRANRHP reference No 83003842 1 Significant datesAdded to NRHPNovember 18 1983Designated CPApril 5 2007 Contents 1 History 2 Architecture 3 See also 4 ReferencesHistory edit nbsp Pawtucket Times Building 1897This five story masonry building was erected to house the facilities of the Pawtucket Times which was founded in 1885 The building was designed by architects William R Walker amp Son in 1895 and completed in 1896 2 In 1922 the Times completed a large utilitarian addition facing North Union Street This was designed by Bellows amp Aldrich of Boston 3 4 In 1950 the complex was expanded and remodeled to plans by the Dwight Seabury Company local architects and engineers 5 6 In 2007 the owners of the Times which by then was occupying only the first floor put the building on the market It was nearly sold several times and was considered as the new home for the Gamm Theatre In 2019 the building was acquired by the owner of the Pawtucket Armory and the Times moved out 7 The new owner never moved ahead with redevelopment plans and the still vacant building was placed back on the market in 2023 The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 1 Architecture editThe main facade is faced in yellow brick with limestone trim The first floor is divided into four bays paired in size with the left one of the pair larger than the right The entrance occupies the narrow bay on the far right while the other bays are filled with windows and divided by limestone faced piers The next three floors also have four bays but they are organized in mirror image pairs with a larger central bay with tripled windows flanked by an outer bay with a single sash window The lintel treatments vary by floor the windows on the fourth floor are round arched The fifth level is also organized in mirror image paired bays with the central bays each housing a row of four small round arch windows and the outer bays only having two such windows The building is topped by an elaborate dentillated cornice 8 See also editNational Register of Historic Places listings in Pawtucket Rhode Island The Times Pawtucket References edit a b National Register Information System National Register of Historic Places National Park Service January 23 2007 Wm R Walker amp Son Architectural Portfolio New York Architectural Engraving and Publishing Company 1895 American Contractor May 1 1920 66 Downtown Pawtucket Historic District NRHP Registration Form 2007 Engineering News Record July 29 1948 27 Pawtucket Paper Rearranges Departments in Building in Typographical Journal January 1951 27 Ethan Shorey Armory owner buys Times building The Valley Breeze June 18 2019 Accessed March 15 2024 Historic Resources of Pawtucket PDF Rhode Island Preservation pp 92 94 Retrieved November 18 2014 nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pawtucket Times Building This article about a Registered Historic Place in Providence County Rhode Island is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pawtucket Times Building amp oldid 1215850611, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
