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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM213J_hope-college_Providence-RI.html
Erected in 1822 by Nicholas Brown, 1786
Trustee 1791 - 1825, Treasurer 1796 - 1825, Fellow 1825 - 1841, as a gift to the University which bears his name.
Renovated in 1891 under the direction of Marshall Woods, 1845, Trustee 1856 - 1899, Tr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM213I_brown-university-slave-trade-memorial_Providence-RI.html
This memorial recognizes Brown University's connection to the trans-Atlantic slave trade and the work of Africans and African-Americans, enslaved and free, who helped build our university, Rhode island, and the nation.
In 2003 Brown President R…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1258_pembroke-college-tribute_Providence-RI.html
The building adjacent to this site housed Pembroke College Founded in 1891 with six students, the Woman's College in Brown University formally established in 1896 and renamed Pembroke College in 1928. The first women to receive degrees were Anne T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11YY_the-brown-bear_Providence-RI.html
The Brown bear was originally cast in plaster by Eli Harvey. A fund raiser campaign to "put a hair on the bear" was led by Senator Theodore Francis Green Class of 1887, and resulted in the commission of a bronze sculpture in 1923, the bronze bear …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK8V_bethel-a-m-e-church_Providence-RI.html
Former site of the Bethel A.M.E. Church 1866-1961Beginning as a free mission in 1795, members met in the African Meeting House before purchasing this lot in 1820. The services were held in the homes of the members for over 40 years. In 1866, the c…