The Mt. Pleasant Campus of Rhode Island College started with six buildings in 1954. ln a few short years the campus began to see expansion and it has been growing ever since. This project traces the historical background of the Rhode Island College campus. The task of researching the history of places and the architectural development of Rhode Island College was undertaken by RIC alumn Elizabeth Warburton, class of 2010. Warburton also earned a master's degree in Historic Preservation from the University of Vermont.