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Adaptive Reuse Policy and Programs Manager Founded in 1956, Providence Preservation Society (PPS) is one of the country’s first preservation organizations. It is a unique civic, design and community resource with a distinguished history of scholarship, grassroots advocacy, and visionary educational and training initiatives that has spearheaded the successful preservation of significant buildings, cultural landscapes…
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While online Bash ticket sales have ended, tickets will be available for purchase at the door tonight Join us for a dazzling night of cosmic revelry! The 2025 Winter Bash Celestial Soirée will take place on Saturday, March 1 from 8:30 PM – 12:00 AM. All proceeds support the Providence Preservation Society’s historic preservation advocacy…
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Jane’s Walk Providence is a 3-day celebration of cities and the people who inhabit them. This year, the dates are May 2, 3 and 4, 2025. Would you like to lead a Providence Jane’s Walk? Great! If you have an idea for a moving conversation, alone or with a friend, we want to hear from you….
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PPS Community Heritage Fellowship: Request for Proposals RFP Issued: December 10, 2024 Application Deadline: 5:00pm on Feb. 3, 2025 Project Period: March 1 – December 31, 2025. All funds must be spent during the project period. Award: $7,000 honorarium; materials/research budget of up to $750 and final exhibition budget of up to $1,500. Apply Here…
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PPS is happy to announce that our 2024 keepsake ornament, featuring Knight Memorial Library, is now available! Proceeds from all sales will support PPS’s educational programs and advocacy work across the city in 2025. Place your order here! Ornaments are $35 each, including shipping and handling, and will ship in early December. Read on to learn how the…
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PPS seeks an Operations Manager to manage day-to-day operations and systems and support member, donor and grant administration. The successful candidate will be highly organized and detail-oriented, with strong communications and writing skills and a passion for urban life and culture. The candidate should have superb relational skills that make them an asset to PPS’s…
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Providence Directories are ubiquitous in our local archives. They are frequently used for researching genealogy and house histories. Beginning in 1824 and running until the 1990s when the internet made them (allegedly) obsolete, these books are full of interesting details that can give us a window into lesser-known aspects of Providence history. But there are…
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Providence Preservation Society Paused the Sale of Shakespeare’s Head in May to Investigate the Building’s Connection to Slavery and the Underground Railroad Commissioned Research Reveals New History of Enslaved People Who Lived and Worked in the Building in the 1770s and 1780s On April 30, Providence Preservation Society issued a Request for Proposals for the…
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