Historic Hotel
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Graduate Providence (formerly Providence Biltmore)
Opened on June 6, 1922, as the Providence Biltmore Hotel, the Graduate Providence is an iconic 18-story Neo-Federal and Beaux-Arts landmark positioned overlooking Kennedy Plaza in downtown Providence, Rhode Island. Designed by legendary architects Warren & Wetmore, the hotel quickly became the premier social and political center of Rhode Island. Throughout its vibrant history—which includes Prohibition speakeasies, mob ties, high-society galas, and tragic falls—the building earned a reputation as one of the most heavily haunted hotels in North America, with guest accounts of spectral laughter, phantom elevator rides, and shadowy figures in the grand ballroom.