A museum of Rhode Island's cultural history
The Providence Point is located in the heart of Providence's Jewelry District. Struever Bros. Eccles & Rouse (SBER) has been selected to redevelop The Dynamo House at Providence Point, a former power plant operated by The Narragansett Electric Company, into a mixed-use waterfront development including the future home to the Heritage Harbor Museum. The cathedral-like 350,000 gross square foot structure located on the Providence River will be the cornerstone of the redevelopment of the Providence waterfront.
SBER has entered a rich, collaboration with the Heritage Harbor Museum to bring its vision to fruition. After many years of planning and struggling with this massive building that presents many challenges, Heritage Harbor has turned the development project over to SBER to provide a turnkey museum space in exchange for control over the rest of the building. SBER will now move forward with that development project while the museum can focus on desiging and producing its exhibits. The result will be an interactive museum that connects its visitors to the global impacts of innovations and endeavors launched by the diverse population that settled in Rhode Island. This will provide a major new draw in a community that has lacked sufficient visitor attractions. The Heritage Harbor Museum will occupy 50,000 square feet of space on the entry level of the historic South Street Power Plant. "We are thrilled about it," said Margaret E. C. Dooley, interim director of the Heritage Harbor Museum Corporation. "They have wonderful strengths and expertise to help us with this. They are a great community partner. We feel, philosophically, that we are very closely aligned with them."