
These three similarly detailed Italianate houses in the beloved cube form are faithful in scale and materials to earlier houses on the street. The two-family Evans and Greene Houses take a position closer to the street, a more urban posture for a more urban type. The single-family Smith House, however, assumes a more suburban posture, set back from the street like its neighbors to the south.
– 2003 Guide to Providence Architecture
Smith House (1850), 35 Benefit Street. Evans House (1856), 31-33 Benefit Street. Greene House (1854), 27-29 Benefit Street.