Dr. George W. Carr House | |
Location | Providence, Rhode Island |
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Coordinates | 41°49′38″N 71°24′27″W / 41.82709°N 71.40759°W |
Built | 1885 |
Architect | Edward I. Nickerson |
Architectural style | Queen Anne |
Part of | College Hill Historic District (ID70000019) |
NRHP reference No. | 73000067 [1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | March 7, 1973 |
Designated NHLDCP | November 10, 1970 |
The Dr. George W. Carr House, also known simply as Carr House, is a historic house at 29 Waterman Street in the College Hill neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island.[2] The Queen Anne style house was built in 1885 by Edward I. Nickerson and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[3]
The building was purchased by the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in 1916,[3] and has served a variety of roles for the school, most recently as a student cafe named Carr Haus and lounge at RISD.[4] It is one of Providence's early prominent examples of Queen Anne styling.[3] The house is built on a steep slope and located at the corner of a busy intersection of Waterman Street and Benefit Street.[3]
In 1916, the Providence Engineering Society occupied the entire second floor of the building, then owned by RISD.[5][6] In 1926, artist Frank Convers Mathewson (1862–1941) lived in the Carr House.[7]