Greene Inn

Greene Inn

1930s postcard view
Location Narragansett, Rhode Island
Coordinates 41°25′23″N 71°27′23″W / 41.42306°N 71.45639°W / 41.42306; -71.45639Coordinates: 41°25′23″N 71°27′23″W / 41.42306°N 71.45639°W / 41.42306; -71.45639
Built 1887
Architect Preston, William Gibbons
Architectural style Shingle Style
NRHP Reference # 76000009[1]
Added to NRHP June 24, 1976

The Greene Inn was a historic summer resort hotel at 175 Ocean Road in Narragansett, Rhode Island.

The Shingle style inn was built in 1887 to a design by William Gibbons Preston and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1] It was designed as a year-round facility in what was then a seasonal summer resort area, with steam heat piped to its rooms. It originally including facilities for stabling up to 100 polo ponies.[2] It was destroyed by fire in 1980.[3]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Latimer, Sallie (1997). Narragansett-by-the-Sea. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 39–40. ISBN 9780738563626.
  3. ↑ "Historic Resources of Narragansett Pier" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-10-21.


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