A.F. Cappelli Block


A. F. Cappelli Block
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


Location within Rhode Island
Location	Providence, Rhode Island
Coordinates	41°49′24″N 71°25′38″W / 41.82333°N 71.42722°W / 41.82333; -71.42722
Built	1909
NRHP reference No.	80000090 ^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 3, 1980

The A.F. Cappelli Block is a historic mixed-use commercial and residential building at 263 Atwells Avenue, facing DePasquale Plaza in the Federal Hill neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island. It is a four-story brick structure, with two storefronts on the ground floor, and residential units on the upper floors. It is faced in red brick, with tan bricks at the corners giving it a quoined appearance. The store fronts feature original cast iron finishes. It was built in 1909 by Antonio Cappelli, and was (then as now) one of the tallest buildings in the Federal Hill area.^[2]

The block was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.^[1]

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1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
↑ "NRHP nomination for A.F. Cappelli Block" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved October 9, 2014.

National Register of Historic Places in Providence, Rhode Island
Historic districts	Andrew Dickhaut Cottages Blackstone Boulevard Realty Plat Blackstone Boulevard–Cole Avenue–Grotto Avenue Blackstone Park Bridgham–Arch–Wilson Streets Broadway–Armory Customhouse Downtown Providence Doyle Avenue Elmgrove Gardens Elmwood Freeman Plat Hope–Power–Cooke Streets Moshassuck Square Neutaconkanut Hill Park Norwood Avenue Oakland Avenue Olney Street–Alumni Avenue Parkis–Comstock Pekin Street Pine Street Power Street–Cooke Street Providence Jewelry Manufacturing Rhodes Street Roger Williams Park Smith Hill State Home and School for Dependent and Neglected Children Stimson Avenue Summit Trinity Square Wanskuck Wayland Wesleyan Avenue Westminster Street
Historic properties	A.F. Cappelli Block All Saints Memorial Church Candace Allen House Zachariah Allen House America Street School American Brewing Company Plant Arnold–Palmer House Aylesworth Apartments Beaman and Smith Company Mill Bell Street Chapel Beneficent Congregational Church Temple Beth-El Blackstone Canal William J. Braitsch and Company Plant Brick Schoolhouse Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Company Complex Morris Brown House Burrows Block Butler Hospital Calvary Baptist Church Dr. George W. Carr House Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul Central Diner Chemical Building, Fields Point Sewage Treatment Plant Christ Episcopal Church Congdon Street Baptist Church Constance Witherby Park Copley Chambers Corliss–Brackett House John Corliss House Covell Street School Susan S. and Edward J. Cutler House Davol Rubber Company Richard Henry Deming House Edward Dexter House Jeremiah Dexter House Dominic Hall Charles Dowler House Dyerville Mill Earnscliffe Woolen-Paragon Worsted Company Mill Complex Elizabeth Building Ernest Street Sewage Pumping Station Federal Building First Universalist Church General Ice Cream Corporation Building Gloria Dei Evangelical Lutheran Church Grace Church Joseph Haile House Hay and Owen Buildings Heaton and Cowing Mill Hope Block and Cheapside Esek Hopkins House Thomas F. Hoppin House Jones Warehouses Josephine White Block Ladd Observatory Louttit Laundry Matthew Lynch House Market House Martin Hall Israel B. Mason House Mechanical Fabric Company Merchants Bank Building Moses Brown School National and Providence Worsted Mills New England Butt Company Nicholson File Company Mill Complex North Burial Ground Old State House Ontario Apartments Oriental Mills Our Lady of Lourdes Church Complex Nathaniel Pearce House Perkins Buildings Plain Farm House Plymouth Congregational Church Poirier's Diner Providence City Hall Providence Dyeing, Bleaching, Calendring Company Providence Fruit and Produce Warehouse Company Building Providence Gas Company Purifier House Providence Lying-In Hospital Providence Performing Arts Center Providence Steel and Iron Company Complex Providence Telephone Building Renaissance Providence Hotel Reservoir Avenue Sewage Pumping Station Return Sludge Pumping Station, Fields Point Sewage Treatment Plant Rhode Island Hospital Trust Building Rhode Island Medical Society Building Rhode Island State House Rhode Island Tool Company building Rochambeau Library-Providence Community Library Rochambeau Worsted Company Mill Roger Williams National Memorial Joseph and William Russell House St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Saint Martin's Church St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church, Convent, Rectory, and School S. Stephen's Church Shakespeare Hall Shepard Company Building Sludge Press House, Fields Point Sewage Treatment Plant Smith Hill Library-Providence Community Library Smith Street Primary School Sons of Jacob Synagogue South Providence Library-Providence Community Library South Street Station David Sprague House State Arsenal Stedman & Fuller Manufacturing Company Complex Swan Point Cemetery Trinity Repertory Company Union Station Union Trust Company Building United States Customshouse United States Rubber Company Mill Complex Veterans Memorial Auditorium Providence Biltmore Wanskuck Library-Providence Community Library Washington Park Sewage Pumping Station Weybosset Mills Complex Winsor–Swan–Whitman Farm Woods–Gerry House
National Historic Landmark Districts	College Hill Historic District
National Historic Landmarks	Nelson W. Aldrich House John Brown House Corliss–Carrington House First Baptist Church in America Fleur-de-lys Studios Governor Stephen Hopkins House Thomas P. Ives House Governor Henry Lippitt House Nightingale–Brown House University Hall, Brown University Westminster Arcade
Former	North Freight Station Statue of Christopher Columbus
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence, Rhode Island, and List of National Historic Landmarks in Rhode Island

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