Linton Block
| Linton Block | |
|  1981 photo | |
|     | |
| Location | 3–5 Monument Sq., Woonsocket, Rhode Island | 
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 42°0′19″N 71°30′48″W / 42.00528°N 71.51333°W | 
| Built | 1888 | 
| Architectural style | Queen Anne, Romanesque | 
| MPS | Woonsocket MRA | 
| NRHP reference No. | 82000143 [1] | 
| Added to NRHP | November 24, 1982 | 
The Linton Block was a historic site in Woonsocket, Rhode Island.
It was a 4-storey office and domestic accommodation block built by Robert Linton in 1888 to house his drug store. Built in a Queen Anne/Romanesque style, the brick facade was ornamented with brickwork patterning and terra cotta panels and the side elevations embellished with cut shingles.[2]
It was badly damaged by fire in 1890.[3] It was added to the National Historic Register in 1982. It was destroyed by fire on March 22, 2000.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ a b "Sites on the National Register of Historic Places". woonsocket.org. Erik Eckilson. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
- ^ "An early morning blaze in the Linton Block". The Evening Telegram (Providence RI). March 10, 1890. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
