United States Customshouse

Providence, United States

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

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Sited at the corner of Weybosset and Custom House streets in Providence, Rhode Island, the U.S. Customshouse is a Renaissance Revival structure designed by architect Ammi B. Young and completed in 1857. Built to serve the port city's federal customs operations, the building reflects the architectural ambitions of mid-nineteenth-century American civic institutions. Originally constructed between 1855 and 1857, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. The structure underwent a substantial transformation in 1992 when the State of Rhode Island purchased and renovated it—investing $550,000 in extensive restoration—and reopened it as the John E. Fogarty Judicial Complex to serve the State Courts System.