Providence · Downtown arts district
Neptune
Built by the Episcopal Diocese as a rescue mission, later Hotel Plaza and a strip club, then The Dean from 2014; 52 rooms on Fountain Street.
- Built
- 1911Downtown Providence HD inventory: 120-124 Fountain St, 'Diocese House, later Hotel Plaza, now Civic View Inn (1911)'; Wikipedia gives 1912. Opened as The Dean in 2014.
- Type
- Boutique hotel
- Rooms
- 52
- Area
- Downtown arts district
- Credentials
- Inside a National Register historic district
The story
The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island built the four-story brick building in 1911 as a rescue mission, and it later served as a hotel (Hotel Plaza, then the Civic View Inn). By 1984 it housed one of the city’s few semi-topless bars, and it later operated as the Sportsman’s Inn strip club. ASH NYC and Kite Architects converted it into The Dean boutique hotel in 2014. Ash Hotels has since renamed it Neptune; it has 52 rooms, a cocktail bar, a café and a private-room karaoke lounge.
Good to know
- Pets welcome
- Address: 122 Fountain Street, Providence, RI 02903
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.