The Benjamin F. Greene House is an historic house at 85 Cross Street in

Central Falls, Rhode Island Central Falls is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 22,583 at the 2020 census. With an area of only , it is the smallest and most densely populated city in the smallest state, and the 27th most densely ...

, USA. The

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house was designed by

Clifton A. Hall Clifton A. Hall (1826-1913)Jordy, William H. and Christopher P. Monkhouse. ''Buildings on Paper: Rhode Island Architectural Drawings, 1825-1945''. 1982. was an American architect from Providence, Rhode Island. Biography Hall was born in Bost ...

and built by Wheeler & Marchant in 1868. The house is one of a small number of high-style mid-19th century houses in the city. It was built for Benjamin Franklin Greene, a second-generation mill owner in the Central Falls/ Pawtucket area. The house was listed on the

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in 1979.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island Houses in Providence County, Rhode Island Houses completed in 1868 Second Empire architecture in Rhode Island Buildings and structures in Central Falls, Rhode Island National Register of Historic Places in Providence County, Rhode Island {{ProvidenceCountyRI-NRHP-stub

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