Blackstone Park Historic District is roughly bounded by the Seekonk River, Laurell Avenue, Blackstone Boulevard, and South Angell Street in Providence, Rhode Island within the Blackstone region of the East Side. In 1886 Horace Cleveland planned the laid out of Blackstone Boulevard and it was constructed in 1894 to provide better access to nearby Swan Point Cemetery. The

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in the center was planned and suggested by the Olmsted Brothers. From 1903 to 1948 a trolley line operated down the middle of the boulevard stopping at a

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shelter. After the trolley's removal, a walking path was constructed on trolley bed. The surrounding district features architecture by

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and contains various 19th-century and 20th-century colonial revivals. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

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Historic districts in Providence County, Rhode Island Geography of Providence, Rhode Island Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island National Register of Historic Places in Providence, Rhode Island Parks on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island {{ProvidenceRI-NRHP-stub

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