PROVIDENCE – Cumberland Farms received permission Monday from the Providence Historic District Commission to raze the two Terminal Warehouse Buildings off Allens Avenue.
The convenience store chain has no plans to develop the land after the demolition, according to plans filed with the city’s Department of Planning and Development. The company did not respond to a message seeking comment.
The two five-story, brick, pier-and-spandrel buildings date to 1913, according to the Providence Preservation Society. The Terminal Warehouse Co. originally envisioned the buildings serving as two ends of a sprawling warehouse designed to serve the nearby state pier. The middle section, however, was never completed but the two warehouses did store goods from the nearby port nonetheless.
The property would later pass to the Shepard Co. and later Cumberland Farms. They have been informally known in recent memory as the Atlas and Shepard warehouses.
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What a shame there’s not more bay front entertainment and and dining in Providence. There isn’t ANY. I hope this waterfront area can de developed some day, so more RI’s can appreciate the great view there. Why go all the way to Newport?