Market Square, Providence, Rhode Island
Market Square is a market square in Providence, Rhode Island. It is located at the intersection of present-day North Main Street and College Street at the base of College Hill. Market Square has historically functioned as a commercial, civic, and cultural locus of Providence.
Market Square in 2021
Today, Market House is the focal structure of Market Square
"Market Square" (1835) by Edward Lewis Peckham
Bannister statue
Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. The county seat of Providence County, it is one of the oldest cities in New England, founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Reformed Baptist theologian and religious exile from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He named the area in honor of "God's merciful Providence" which he believed was responsible for revealing such a haven for him and his followers. The city developed as a busy port, as it is situated at the mouth of the Providence River at the head of Narragansett Bay.
Image: Providence, RI skyline
Image: Weybosset Street view, Providence, Rhode Island
Image: Brown's University Hall in 2007
Image: Downtown Providence Rhode Island 2008 (cropped)