Hi...just wanted to add to all reviews that there is another adress,worngly made,at the GOOGLE maps that shows a STATE INNS on the other side of the higway..WICH MAKES A LOT OF DIFFERENCE for those who choose to be close to RISD or BRWON and the rest of most interessses in Providence area!!!
I told Helen,the lady in charge the morning I realized ...

We hated the noise from the highway and checked out early and went to another inn in the area that was quiet and not on the highway. Breakfast was average and the innkeeper was never around.

We have stayed at the Christopher Dodge House at least 8 times as it is close to Brown University where our son attends school. It is one of the restored State House Inns. It is charming, clean, welcoming, and convenient to everything in the area.

The building looks nice from the outside (its the only one in the neighborhood by the way that is nice)The area of town is depressed and at night turns into a bit of a war zone with drunks and drug addicts lurking. WE were almost mugged on our way back to the inn at night. WE also were not able to get any sleep because of the highway noise . Literally the highway is outside our window. Not a great place for an inn!! WE checked out.