Ready for a great opportunity? The Protective Club, also known as “Specks”, at 594- 596 Thames Street in Newport has hit the market.
Listed by Kirby Properties for $1,075,000, the listing includes the 2,596-square-foot building that is currently a historic club and a two-bedroom apartment above.
The Protective Club, which has been a Fifth Ward fixture since 1904, has a Class D Liquor License, which is included in the sale, according to the listing.
The sale of 17 Ferolbink Way, a private property above the Sakonnet Passage on nearly five acres, was brokered by Mott & Chace Sotheby’s International Realty
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