Greene Inn

Greene Inn
1930s postcard view
Greene Inn is located in Rhode Island
Greene Inn
Greene Inn is located in the United States
Greene Inn
LocationNarragansett, Rhode Island
Coordinates41°25′23″N 71°27′23″W / 41.42306°N 71.45639°W / 41.42306; -71.45639
Built1887
ArchitectPreston, William Gibbons
Architectural styleShingle Style
NRHP reference No.76000009[1]
Added to NRHPJune 24, 1976

The Greene Inn (also known as Green Inn or Greene's Inn) was a historic summer resort hotel at 175 Ocean Road in Narragansett, Rhode Island.

The shingle style inn was built in 1887 to a design by William Gibbons Preston and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1] It was designed as a year-round facility in what was then a seasonal summer resort area, with steam heat piped to its rooms. It originally including facilities for stabling up to 100 polo ponies.[2]

The hotel closed in 1975.[3]: p. 13-2  The inn was used as a set for the television film The House of Mirth in 1979.[3]: p. 13–16  It was destroyed by a fire in 1980,[4][3]: p. 13–18  and condemned in 1981.[3]: p. 14-2 

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ Latimer, Sallie (1997). Narragansett-by-the-Sea. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 39–40. ISBN 9780738563626.
  3. ^ a b c d Vangermeersch, Richard (2017). "History of Narragansett, RI from 1800-1999: A Chronology of Major Events" (PDF). The Narragansett Historical Society. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
  4. ^ "Historic Resources of Narragansett Pier" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-10-21.