The Burrows Block is an historic commercial building at 735-745

Westminster Street Westminster Street Historic District is a commercial historic district consisting of six buildings along the north side of Westminster Street in Providence, Rhode Island, a short way west of Interstate 95. Three of the buildings are located ...

Providence, Rhode Island Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. One of the oldest cities in New England, it was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Reformed Baptist theologian and religious exile from the Massachusetts Bay ...

. It is a three-story brick building with Gothic Revival styling. It was built in 1880 by Caleb Burrows to provide office space for his hardware business, with retail spaces on the ground floor. Although the hardware business declined in the 20th century, the building has seen a variety of commercial and retail tenants, and was purchased by the city in 2002. It was designed by local architect

Charles F. Wilcox Charles F. Wilcox (1845–1905) was an American architect practicing in Providence, Rhode Island. Life Wilcox was born in 1845 in Georgia, to a family that relocated to Providence in his infancy. He trained with local architect Charles ...

.''American Architect and Building News'' 10 April 1880: 160. The building was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1990, and is located near the center of the Westminster Street Historic District, listed in 2003.

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Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island Buildings and structures in Providence, Rhode Island National Register of Historic Places in Providence, Rhode Island Historic district contributing properties in Rhode Island {{ProvidenceRI-struct-stub

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