PPS’s Festival of Modern Design (October 5 – 11, 2025)
This year, PPS’s Festival of Historic Houses goes MODERN – and stretches to an entire week of programs that explore...
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Explore Providence's Historic Buildings
This year, PPS’s Festival of Historic Houses goes MODERN – and stretches to an entire week of programs that explore...
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2025 fiscal funds are yet to be released, and show no immediate sign of coming In 1982, Ronald Reagan embarked...
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Urban League, Hospital, other plans discussed at South Providence Neighborhood Association meeting Providence’s South Side is going to see significant...
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Timeline Index: Information in this timeline was compiled with reference to John Hutchins Cady’s “The Story of Shakespeare’s Head” (1949),...
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The Providence Preservation Society (PPS) was established in 1956 to respond to the proposed demolition of a number of 18th- and early 19th-century houses on College Hill. Unlike many historic preservation organizations which were formed to preserve a particular building, PPS has always been an advocate for neighborhood revitalization. From that small neighborhood group, PPS has grown into a multifaceted citywide preservation and planning organization with a role to play in addressing a range of 21st-century challenges.
Our mission is to support and advocate for historic preservation, thoughtful design, and people-centered planning.
Learn more: About PPS | Staff | Board of Directors
Do you care about historic places? How about Providence’s sense of place, that special character that is hard to define but that doesn’t exist in too many other places? If you value these things, along with livable, walkable neighborhoods, a vibrant downtown, and beautiful parks and open spaces, then PPS needs you. Find the right opportunity to get involved below.