This weekend, the Providence Preservation Society (PPS) will host its annual Festival of Historic Houses, celebrating and showcasing examples of the city's unique and spectacular works of architecture. From Friday to Sunday, owners will be welcoming visitors into their homes to tour these one-of-a-kind spaces. The festival kicks off on Friday with a progressive cocktail party from 6-9pm hosted by the owner's of the restored Greek Revival Burgess-Nightingale House and the Stephen O. Metcalf Carriage House. Tickets are limited, so be sure to purchase yours before they sell out. Saturday's house tour will run from 10am-5pm and will feature a wide range of architectural designs spanning from 1850-1920. The tour will begin at the First Church of Christ Scientist which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year and has been unchanged since it was first built in 1913. Sunday's tour will be from 11am-4pm, as the residents of the recently converted Monohasset Mill open their doors to over a dozen "MonoMill" units. Food trucks will be available in the courtyard and adjacent Steel Yard, while a multi-story office complex constructed from shipping containers, and appropriately referred to as "The Box Office," will also be on display. Residential Properties Ltd. Barrington Sales Manager Ian Barnacle, who is also a Co-Chair for the event, recently appeared on WPRI's "The Road Show" to discuss the festival. In the video, included at the bottom of this post, Barnacle and PPS President Lucie Searle describe the festival in further detail and explain what makes it such a special event. For more information on the festival, please call PPS at 401.831.7440, or email info@ppsri.org.
PPS Festival of Historic Houses Kicks Off This Friday
- By Michael McCann
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