The Union Trust Company Building is a historic building at 170 Westminster Street and 62 Dorrance Street in downtown
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 ...
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History
It is a twelve-story steel-framed structure, faced in brick and stone. Originally four bays deep, it was expanded to seven bays in 1920. It was designed by
Stone, Carpenter & Willson and built in 1901–02 to house the offices of the Union Trust Company, which occupied the first two floors and leased the remaining space. The exterior of the first two floors is treated differently than the upper floors, with a tall first floor whose windows are separated by stone pilasters, and heavily quoined corners. The second floor windows are set within round-arch openings with elaborate keystones. The upper levels are finished predominantly in brick, with marble trim; the third story receives a somewhat more elaborate treatment. The interior banking hall (on the first floor) was noted for its particularly sumptuous decoration.
The building was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1973.
In 2016, a New York developer signed a contract for $2.5 million in state historic preservation tax credits.
The developer plans to "convert the building to a mix of business and restaurant on the first two floors and rooftop, and apartment use on all other floors."
Gallery
File:PPS Plaque on Union Trust Company Building.jpg, A plaque affixed by the Providence Preservation Society
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File:Union Trust Building, Providence, R.I.jpg, The building in 1906, prior to the addition of three bays.
See also
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References
Commercial buildings completed in 1901
Buildings and structures in Providence, Rhode Island
Bank buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
National Register of Historic Places in Providence, Rhode Island
Historic district contributing properties in Rhode Island
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