Brown University plans to demolish two 1870s residences built by Frederic Fuller on Brook Street in College Hill, along with a small modern building, to make way for a new economics department (after opposition, it now plans to keep two neighboring houses built by Black developer and philanthropist Alexander Gorham). The Providence Preservation Society leads a walking conversation about the threatened buildings, new research on the people who lived in them in the 19th and 20th centuries, and Brown’s long record of clearance in Fox Point and College Hill, where its demolitions since 1940 will pass 170 buildings. Led by PPS research fellows Isaiah Martin and Tristan Whalen, Brown graduate students, and PPS Executive Director Marisa Brown.

Friday, November 13, 2026, 4 p.m., repeated Sunday, November 15, 2 p.m., Brook Street, College Hill, Providence. Registration required. Brown’s request goes to the City Plan Commission on Tuesday, November 17, at 4:45 p.m., where the public may comment.

Details and registration: ppsri.org