Saint Mary's Academy

29 Bainbridge Ave, Providence, RI 02909, USA

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Built In

1904

History

This brick school with its triple-arch entryway was designed by Murphy, Hindle & Wright and opened in September 1904. It served as the parish school for Saint Mary's Church at 538 Broadway, just up the street. The school merged with La Salle Academy in June 1984. The parish sold the building to the City of Providence in 1986 and it became a public school. West Broadway Elementary School closed in 2007 due to fire code violations. It had been on Providence Preservation Society's Most Endangered Properties listing in 2003 and appeared again on the 2011 list. Neighborhood growth required the school to reopen as West Broadway Middle School in 2014, which happened with assistance from the West Broadway Neighborhood Association.