Freeman Plat Historic District

Historic residential area in Rhode Island, U.S.

United States historic place


Freeman Plat Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Edwin E. and Martha O. Chase House
41°50′18″N 71°23′39″W / 41.83833°N 71.39417°W / 41.83833; -71.39417
Area	50 acres (20 ha)
Built	1916
Architect	Olmsted & Olmsted
Architectural style	Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
NRHP reference No.	95000664 ^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 2, 1995

The Freeman Plat Historic District is a residential historic district on the East Side of Providence, Rhode Island. The district is a well-preserved example of an early-20th-century planned residential area, encompassing some 50 acres (20 ha). It is roughly bounded by Sessions Street, Morris Avenue, Laurel Avenue, and Wayland Avenue, and consists of a network of generously-landscaped winding roads, laid out in consultation with the Olmsted Brothers design firm. The houses built are generally of high quality, many of them architect-designed, with architecturally diverse revival styles popular at the time. The area was developed between 1916 and 1929 by John Freeman, who owned a country estate in the area, and sought a way to develop the largely swampy tract.^[2]

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
^ "NRHP nomination for Freeman Plat Historic District" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved October 12, 2014.