Blackstone Park Historic District

LocationProvidence, Rhode Island

Coordinates41°49′59″N 71°22′52″W / 41.832927°N 71.381181°W / 41.832927; -71.381181

Built1861

ArchitectHoward K. Hilton et al.

Blackstone Park Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
"A Memorial to Young Womanhood (or The Spirit of Youth)" in Blackstone Park
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Location	Providence, Rhode Island
Coordinates	41°49′59″N 71°22′52″W / 41.832927°N 71.381181°W / 41.832927; -71.381181
Built	1861
Architect	Howard K. Hilton et al.
Architectural style	Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
NRHP reference No.	98000575 [1]
Added to NRHP	June 5, 1998

Blackstone Park Historic District is roughly bounded by the Seekonk River, Laurell Avenue, Blackstone Boulevard, and South Angell Street in Providence, Rhode Island within the Blackstone neighborhood of the East Side.

In 1886 Horace Cleveland planned the laid out of Blackstone Boulevard and it was constructed in 1894 to provide better access to nearby Swan Point Cemetery. The park in the center was planned and suggested by the Olmsted Brothers.^[2]

From 1903 to 1948 a trolley line operated down the middle of the boulevard. After the trolley's removal, a walking path was constructed on trolley bed. The surrounding district features architecture by Howard K. Hilton and contains various 19th-century and 20th-century colonial revivals. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.^[2]