Dominic Hall, also known as St. Dominic House and the William L. Bailey House, is a historic house on the

Providence College Providence College is a Private university, private Catholic Church, Catholic university in Providence, Rhode Island. Founded in 1917 by the Dominican Order and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence, local diocese, it offers 47 undergradua ...

campus in

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 -story stone-faced structure with timber framing, and a prominent octagonal four-story tower at its southeastern corner. The house was built in the 1850s by William Bailey, who had a estate. In the early 20th century the estate was acquired by the local

Dominican Order The Order of Preachers ( la, Ordo Praedicatorum) abbreviated OP, also known as the Dominicans, is a Catholic mendicant order of Pontifical Right for men founded in Toulouse, France, by the Spanish priest, saint and mystic Dominic of Cal ...

, which used it as a convent and girls' school. The property was then absorbed by Providence College (also a Dominican project). The house was listed on the

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in 1973. It presently serves as the official residence of the college president.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island Houses in Providence, Rhode Island Providence College National Register of Historic Places in Providence, Rhode Island {{ProvidenceRI-struct-stub

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