PPS Historic Homes Tour

Posted by Bil on June 9, 2004 04:48 PM

Last weekend we braved a (totally wrong) forecast of bad weather to hit the Benefit Street half of the Providence Preservation Society's Festival of Historic Homes. The turnout looked pretty good for PPS's biggest fundraiser, and the homes were a treat.

The next day there was a similar event in the Elmwood neighborhood, showcasing some of the impressive Victorian buildings on the West Side. We didn't get to go to that one.

The tour featured two houses for sale, so if anyone has $800,000 sitting around, you can a nice old place on Benefit Street. We were content to dream, for now. After we finished the walk, which included a couple urban gardens, Providence's oldest house, and a walk up one of the city's few row houses, we walked over to Whole Foods for a quick snack, then caught a talk given by William McKenzie Woodward, author of the must-have PPS/AIAri Guide to Providence Architecture. Despite his fondness for some awful modernist buildings, Mack Woodward is great to listen to. Definitely a good time.

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