Davol Rubber Company

Davol Rubber Company
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Davol Square
Location	Providence, Rhode Island
Coordinates	41°49′2″N 71°24′25″W / 41.81722°N 71.40694°W / 41.81722; -71.40694Coordinates: 41°49′2″N 71°24′25″W / 41.81722°N 71.40694°W / 41.81722; -71.40694
Built	1880
Architect	Unknown
Architectural style	No Style Listed
Governing body	Private
NRHP Reference #	80000093 [1]
Added to NRHP	June 27, 1980

The Davol Rubber Company is a historic industrial site at Davol Square, at the Point and Eddy Streets in Providence, Rhode Island.

The building was constructed in 1880 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It is located adjacent to the historic South Street Station, which is currently being renovated. The Providence Jewelry Manufacturing Historic District is also nearby.

History

The Davol Rubber Company was founded in Providence in 1874 to produce rubber medical and surgical devices, such as hot water bottles and catheters.^[2] In 1934, the company began the manufacture of the Foley catheter.^[3] In 1971 the Davol Rubber Company opened a new facility in nearby Cranston, Rhode Island. The company was acquired by C.R. Bard, Inc. of New Jersey in 1980. The Davol Company, as it is currently known, is now located in Warwick, Rhode Island.^[4]

Recent projects

Since Davol Rubber left, the building has had a series of tenants. The short-lived Davol Square Marketplace mall occupied the building complex in the 1980s. Later, it housed a mini-convention center for the costume jewelry industry for a short while. Various projects associated with Brown University have rented space in the building for many years, and the university recently announced plans to buy several buildings in the area.^[5]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence, Rhode Island

References