The Donat Archambault Building (c. 1910)
A Handsome, 2-story, flat-roofed building with two shops on the first floor behind altered storefronts, and a row of windows at the second story. One of the most elaborately ornamented commercial blocks in town, this building has a pedimented central entry, elaborate window surrounds at the second-story level, and a projecting bracketed cornice. Donat Archambault (whose father, Lucien, owned a store and building across Campbell Street) built this to house a Woolworth 5 & 10-Cent Store. After Woolworth's move in 1923, the building housed a variety of businesses; a fruit store, an upholstery store, a florist and an electrical business, the Arctic Supermarket and a music store.
Taken from Historic and Architectural Resources of West Warwick, Rhode Island: A Preliminary Report. C. 1987 RI Historical Preservation Commission. Page 45
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