Gately Building

Gately Building
Location Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Coordinates 41°52′40.6986″N 71°23′14.8446″W / 41.877971833°N 71.387456833°W / 41.877971833; -71.387456833Coordinates: 41°52′40.6986″N 71°23′14.8446″W / 41.877971833°N 71.387456833°W / 41.877971833; -71.387456833
Built 1914
Architect Unknown
MPS Pawtucket MRA
NRHP Reference # 12000135[1]
Added to NRHP March 20, 2012

The Gately Building is a historic commercial building at 337-353 Main Street[2] (and/or 335 Main St)[3] in downtown Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.[1]

Style

The three story flatiron building was built in 1914 to fill in a triangular lot on the fringe of the city's central business district.[4] It has a flat roof, a steel frame, and is clad in brick with granite and marble trim, with a granite foundation[4] and cast iron fronts on the first floor.[2] Its Colonial Revival styling dates to alterations in the 1930s converting its ground-floor retail spaces into a single banking center.[2] The floor space is about 5,000 square feet on each floor.[4] Large windows surround the building on all sides.[3]

History

Another View

The building was commissioned by Anne E. Gately (b. 1854), heiress to the Gately furniture and clothing store.[4] She purchased the building which previously stood on this lot, had it demolished, and the current building constructed.[4] Architect Albert H. Humes was superintendent of construction, although it is not known if he also designed the building.[4]

When it was opened in 1914, the ground floor was home to four street-level storefronts.[4][3] By 1935, the Old Colony Cooperative Bank occupied the entire first floor.[3] The building also contained offices of The Providence Journal newspaper[3] and a dental office; the latter being the building's longest tennant, from 1941 to 1986.[4]

Conversion to residences

In early 2015, the Pawtucket Citizens Development Corp announced plans to convert the building to a housing complex with 13 rental units.[3] The renovation aims to maintain the historic character of the building, and restore it to its original appearance.[3] Work is expected to be completed in June 2015.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 "Minutes of the RI Historical Preservation Commission Meeting, November 9, 2011" (PDF). State of Rhode Island. Retrieved 2014-11-15.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Shorey, Ethan (17 March 2015). "Pride being restored to historic Gately Building". The Valley Breeze. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form" (PDF). 26 January 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2015.


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