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The colossal statue of Roger Williams (14 feet high) stands overlooking the City of Providence from Prospect Terrace. Made of Westerly granite, the statue represents Williams in colonial garb with doublet, breeches, and a cape. His right hand is…

The Roger Williams Landing Place is marked with a plinth and three bronze plaques with inscriptions and one bronze bas-relief. The front of the monument contains an inscription and bas-relief. The bas-relief shows Williams landing in a rowboat with…

The George M. Cohan Memorial is a bust portrait of the famed songwriter of such tunes as "Give My Regards to Broadway," "The Yankee Doodle Boy," "Over There," and "You’re a Grand Old Flag." The artist Robert Shure modeled Cohan in a collared shirt,…

In 1886, Henry Hudson Kitson won the commission for the statue of the recently deceased Mayor Thomas A. Doyle. He modeled the mayor in classic contrapposto: he rests his left hand on his hip and steps forward on his right foot, forming an S-shaped…

In 1746, Daniel Abbott donated the land on which the fountain sits to serve as a public square and gathering place. In 1875, the cast iron fountain was conveyed to the city in the name of Abbott. The two-tiered cast iron fountain sits in a large…

The Providence War Memorial is made up of twelve black polished granite columns. Each black granite column is set in a pinkish granite base. The twelve columns are arranged in a semicircle with six on each side and a staircase dividing the two sides.…

A community-based project, the Rhode Island 9-11 Wall includes approximately 10,000+ painted ceramic tiles (3,000 square feet of tiles). Originally, the 6 x 6-inch tiles were installed at three locations: on the outside of the Providence Journal…

The Rhode Island Nine Memorial is dedicated to nine U.S. Marines from Rhode Island who died in the Marine barracks bombing in Beirut, Lebanon, on October 23, 1983. The memorial is comprised of a long granite wall inset with nine tempered glass…

The Rhode Island Irish Famine Memorial is comprised of two major structures, a walkway, commemorative bricks and granite flagstones, benches, and flags. The first part of the memorial includes a bronze bas-relief and eleven narrative bronze plaques.…

Dedicated in 1951, the Fox Point Veterans Memorial was first proposed to be a "living memorial" that would be an addition to the Providence Public Library. Aristide Berto Cianfarani, an Italian-born American sculptor, known for his monuments and war…