South Street Station
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South Street Station
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South Street Station in 2007.
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| Location | Providence, Rhode Island |
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| Coordinates | 41°49′7″N 71°24′24″W / 41.81861°N 71.40667°WCoordinates: 41°49′7″N 71°24′24″W / 41.81861°N 71.40667°W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | 1912 |
| Architect | Jenks & Ballou |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| NRHP reference # | 06000553 |
| Added to NRHP | June 30, 2006 |
The South Street Station (also known as The Narragansett Electric Company Power Station or Narragansett Electric Lighting Company Power Station) is an historic electrical power generation station at 360 Eddy Street in Providence, Rhode Island. It is a massive brick and stone structure, built in stages between 1912 and 1952. Despite three major phases of construction, the 58,000 square foot building has fairly consistent Classical Revival styling. The building, an excellent example of early 20th-century power plant design, burned coal to provide electrical power to the city. It was gradually taken over by the more modern Manchester Street Station, and was decommissioned in 1995.
Following the station's decommissioning, the Rhode Island Historical Society planned to convert the building into a museum. The project was cancelled in 2009 due to lack of funding.
In 2013 Brown University, along with the University of Rhode Island and Rhode Island College, announced that the vacant South Street Station would be a redeveloped with student housing, retail, a URI/RIC nursing school, administrative offices, a new parking structure, and additions to the adjacent riverwalk. The project is slated to also include student housing built on a parking lot along Point Street.
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