Linton Block

United States historic place


Linton Block
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

1981 photo
42°0′19″N 71°30′48″W / 42.00528°N 71.51333°W / 42.00528; -71.51333
Built	1888 (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]

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 4 March 2012.
^ "An early morning blaze in the Linton Block". The Evening Telegram (Providence RI). Mar 10, 1890. Retrieved 4 March 2012.