Renaissance Providence Hotel

Masonic Temple Providence, Rhode Island
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The building with adjacent Veterans Memorial Auditorium at right.
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Location	Providence, Rhode Island, US
Coordinates	41°49′48″N 71°25′00″W / 41.83000°N 71.41667°W / 41.83000; -71.41667
Built	1927
Architect	Multiple
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	93001181 [1]
Added to NRHP	November 16, 1993

The Renaissance Providence Hotel (historically known as the Mason Building, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places under Masonic Temple)—is one of two monumental buildings in central Providence, Rhode Island, US, that remained unfinished and were then abandoned for decades. Originally intended as a meeting hall for the Freemasons, construction work began in 1927, but was halted in 1929 as a result of the financial crisis of that year. With the outbreak of World War II, construction was halted permanently. It was added (under the name "Masonic Temple") to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993, along with the adjacent Veterans Memorial Auditorium. In 2004 the building was rehabilitated and opened as a hotel in 2007.