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January 7, 2008

From bathing to books in Fox Point

Journal Photo/Chris Kris Craig
In this 2006 photo, the city had just begun work on the Fox Point bath house. Today a ceremony marks the completion of its renovation into an expanded library for the Vartan Gregorian School.

PROVIDENCE -- A building in Providence's Fox Point neighborhood that had been abandoned since the 1970s is set to be presented today as an expanded library for the Vartan Gregorian School.

The former Fox Point bath house has been used by the city traffic engineer, and was considered as the location for the Fox Point Soccer Hall of Fame. But it was built in the early 20th century as a place for residents -- many of whom did not have running water -- to bathe.

Mayor David N. Cicilline, City Councilman Seth Yurdin, Schools Supt. Donnie Evans and other local officials will meet at the newly renovated building at 9:30 this morning for a short ceremony and a tour of the facility.

The Vartan Gregorian School is a charter school that teaches students from pre-kindergarten to the 6th grade.

See more old pictures of the building, at 455 Wickenden St., on the Art In Ruins Web site.

-- projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson

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