{{Short description|Hotel in Providence, Rhode Island, US}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
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== History == Built in 1912, 122 Fountain Street was used as a shelter run by the Episcopal church and also operated as several adult entertainment establishments known for their illegal actions including a strip club called the Sportsman's Inn. Elements of the hotel's design and decor reference the building's origins. In 2014 the building was turned into the hotel that stands there today.
== Design == The hotel was designed by ASH NYC and Kite Architects Inc.<ref name=":02">GRIMALDI, PAUL. "providence | From shelter to strip club to hip hotel." ''Providence Journal (RI)'', 1 ed., sec. Features, 14 Nov. 2013, p. TMC_01. ''NewsBank: Access World News – Historical and Current'', infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/152420D10C428108. Accessed 18 Dec. 2019.</ref>
The Dean's rooms include oil paintings by various artists, tables by Rhode Island sculptor Will Reeves, and fixtures by The Steel Yard.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Traveller |first=Condé Nast |date=9 August 2018 |title=Offbeat hotels in the USA |url=https://www.cntraveller.com/article/best-boutique-hotels-usa |access-date=2020-03-06 |website=CN Traveller}}</ref> The building also loans out refurbished bicycles.<ref name=":12">TUDELA, ALEX. "The Search for Hipness in Hotels". The New York Times, November 15, 2013 Friday. advance-lexis-com/api/document?collection=news&id=<nowiki>urn:contentItem:59V1-N3D1-JBG3-60H7-00000-00&context=1516831</nowiki>. Accessed March 6, 2020.</ref>
The Dean currently contains four businesses and two food establishments.
The hotel was listed as one of Condé Nast Traveler's top bargain hotels of 2014,<ref>"Travel; Providence's Dean Lands On Elite Condé Nast List". Providence Journal, June 8, 2014 Sunday. advance-lexis-com/api/document?collection=news&id=<nowiki>urn:contentItem:5CCV-5B71-DY30-11GY-00000-00&context=1516831</nowiki>. Accessed March 6, 2020.</ref> and one of Condé Nast Traveler's top hotels in New England in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top 30 Hotels in New England: Readers' Choice Awards 2019 |url=https://www.cntraveler.com/readers-choice-awards/united-states/new-england-top-hotels |access-date=2020-01-03 |website=Condé Nast Traveler |language=en}}</ref> It has received positive reviews from Vogue,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sherman |first=Julia |date=15 March 2018 |title=Why Providence, Rhode Island, Should Be Your Next Weekend Getaway |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/where-to-eat-drink-find-art-in-providence-rhode-island-travel-guide |access-date=2020-01-03 |website=Vogue |language=en}}</ref> Architectural Digest,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Flanagan |first=Keith |date=3 July 2018 |title=Inside 8 Chic Hotel Guest Rooms Where Four's Never a Crowd |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/chic-bunk-bed-hotels |access-date=2020-01-03 |website=Architectural Digest |language=en}}</ref> The New York Times,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Field |first=Elizabeth |date=2015-05-21 |title=Hotel Review: The Dean |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/24/travel/hotel-review-the-dean.html |access-date=2020-01-03 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and GQ.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vaughan |first=Brendan |date=9 June 2015 |title=Providence, Rhode Island: Your Guide to America's Coolest City |url=https://www.gq.com/story/providence-city-guide |access-date=2020-01-03 |website=GQ |language=en}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dean_(hotel)}} Category:Hotels in Rhode Island Category:Hotel buildings completed in 1912