Wickenden Street

Wickenden Street in Fox Point, Providence, Rhode Island is a popular destination for students of the area's colleges and schools.^[1] The street is surrounded by schools and universities on the East Side of Providence's College Hill, including Brown University, RISD, Moses Brown School, & The Wheeler School.

The street is named after a rebellious British minister, William Wickenden, who had a farm on the original strip of land comprising modern day Wickenden Street.^[2] Wickenden was one of the first settlers in Providence in the 17th century. The area was home to a large Portuguese-American community starting in the 19th century. In 1885 Bishop Hendricken organized one of the first Portuguese-American churches in the area on the site of a former Wickenden Street skating rink.^[3] Some of the houses on the Street are still painted in pastel colors in the Portuguese style.

Today, Wickenden Street has numerous independent shops, art galleries, a farmer's market, and restaurants that are popular among local artists, professors and students.

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  Wickenden Street in 2008
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  Wickenden Street in 2008

• College Hill, Providence, Rhode Island
• Thayer Street

• Wickenden Area Merchants Association

41°49′11″N 71°23′46″W / 41.81960°N 71.39621°W / 41.81960; -71.39621

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