The Greene Inn (also known as Green Inn or Greene's Inn) was a historic summer resort hotel at 175 Ocean Road in Narragansett, Rhode Island.
Greene Inn | |
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| Location | Narragansett, Rhode Island |
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| Coordinates | 41°25′23″N 71°27′23″W / 41.42306°N 71.45639°W |
| Built | 1887 |
| Architect | Preston, William Gibbons |
| Architectural style | Shingle Style |
| NRHP reference No. | 76000009[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 24, 1976 |
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]
The hotel closed in 1975.[3]: p. 13-2 The inn was used as a set for the television film The House of Mirth in 1979.[3]: p. 13–16 It was destroyed by a fire in 1980,[4][3]: p. 13–18 and condemned in 1981.[3]: p. 14-2
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editReferences
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ Latimer, Sallie (1997). Narragansett-by-the-Sea. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 39–40. ISBN 9780738563626.
- ^ a b c d Vangermeersch, Richard (2017). "History of Narragansett, RI from 1800-1999: A Chronology of Major Events" (PDF). The Narragansett Historical Society. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
- ^ "Historic Resources of Narragansett Pier" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-10-21.
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