Erected in 1912, the hotel building was used first as a shelter for the homeless and then as a strip club. The renovation was undertaken by ASH NYC’s creative team in collaboration with Providence-based Kite Architects, who preserved many of the building’s handsome original features, including its mosaic tile flooring and brick façade. Each of the 52 rooms includes fine European and American antiques sourced from dealers and homes around the globe, custom-designed and local handcrafted furniture and fixtures, as well as custom-blended bath products made with native New England plants and herbs. German restaurant Faust’s Hofbrauhaus and hotel bar The Magdalenae Room are bound to keep you sated and entertained, while local coffee roaster The Bolt has set up shop in the lobby. The hotel is also the only dean in town that can pull off mixing Marcel Proust with karaoke, since this is where you will find Providence’s first and only karaoke lounge, The Boombox.