Linton Block

The Linton Block was a historic site at 3-5 Monument Square in Woonsocket, Rhode Island.

Linton Block
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
1981 photo
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Location	3-5 Monument Sq., Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Coordinates	42°0′19″N 71°30′48″W
Built	1888 (1888)
Architect	Unknown
Architectural style	Queen Anne, Romanesque, other
MPS	Woonsocket MRA
NRHP reference No.	82000143 [1]
Added to NRHP	November 24, 1982

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][3]

It was badly damaged by fire in 1890.[4] It was added to the National Historic Register in 1982. It was destroyed by fire on March 22, 2000.[3]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence County, Rhode Island

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
2. "Linton Block: Woonsocket, Rhode Island". FindTheData. FINDTHEBEST.COM, INC. Archived from the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
3. "Sites on the National Register of Historic Places". woonsocket.org. Erik Eckilson. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
4. "An early morning blaze in the Linton Block". The Evening Telegram (Providence RI). Mar 10, 1890. Retrieved 4 March 2012.