Buxton House — Brown University
Brown University

Buxton House

📍 27 Brown Street, Providence, Rhode Island, 02912
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🏛 Corridor🚿 Communal Bathroom👥 Co-Ed❄️ No AC🏢 3 floors

About Buxton House

A program house on Wriston Quadrangle (built 1950–1952), Buxton House is home to the House of Ninnuog, a residential program focused on Indigenous (Inuit, Métis, and First Nations) culture and community. Wriston Quad was designed as a "dignified and happy home" for residential community life. The quad's Georgian Colonial architecture surrounds a shared green space. Standard Brown furnishings in all rooms; towel bars are provided on interior room doors in Wriston Quad buildings.

Buxton House has no air conditioning. Students here often pick up:

Gaiatop USB Desk Fan – 5.5" Portable (3-Speed) · $7.98 Vornado VFAN Mini Classic Vintage Desk Fan · $39.99

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