Christopher Dodge House
The Christopher Dodge House, one of the State House Inns of Providence properties, is a stunning 4 story brick Italianate mansion recently renovated into a luxury Bed and Breakfast Inn. Truly an architectural gem, the house features... more
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Our room was clean. It had 1 king bed and 1 twin bed. The furnishings are nice and homey,bathroom is a decent size.We had a room that faced the hwy, which is just a stones throw from the Inn, so don't expect your room to be quiet. The Inn is very nicely furnished with what appears to be reproduction period furniture. They did not do a good job on the floor or stairway. They put a Mulberry color in all the hallways throughout then a Dark Blue in our room. They did either refinish or put in new wood in the dining room and common room. The old main stairway used to be painted white but they stripped and refinished the treads, bannister and spindels. The stain is a shiny red color, it is quite ugly. They put a runner all the way up the stairs but they chose a blue design, which of course clashes with the Mulberry carpet and red wood on the stairs.
For breakfast there was a buffet set up with 1 kind of cereal, bowl of mixed fruit, coffee pound cake, english muffins, bagels, coffee, juice and water. We were then served a egg & herb frittata and bacon.
There is 1 thing that we found strange, they have the kitchen in the same room as the laundry, doesn't seem like that could be too sanitary. Since the Inn is run by staff the Office is located in the basement/main level and we can hear them down there when we are on the 1st floor but we never see them. They did say if we needed anything we were welcome to come down and ask.
We did feel deceived by their website, it says "The Inns (they have a sister Inn a block over) are convenient to Downtown, Brown University, Rhode Island School of Design, Johnson & Wales, Providence Place Mall and Waterplace Park; all are within walking distance. " NOT, the mall for example is 6.34 miles . I don't really say that's "walking distance". The Inns are not in good areas, we were several blocks over (in our car thankfully), and there was a lot of graffiti and scary people wandering around.
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Christopher Dodge House11 West Park Street Providence, RI 02908 USA
| Phone: | +1-401-351-6111 | | Fax: | +1-401-351-4261 |
Innkeeper(s) Ken & Phyllis Parker
Rates: $130 - $250

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