Real Estate in RI: Benefit St.’s John Mawney House sells for $1.8M – Compass for seller

Compass announced the sale of 135 Benefit Street in Providence for $1,800,000. Kira Greene, founding agent of Compass Providence, represented the Seller and facilitated for the Buyer in this transaction.

With the closing of this most recent sale, Compass has participated in 10 of the top 15 single family home sales on the East Side of Providence, with Kira Greene participating in 7 of these sales.

A classic 18th century Rhode Island five-room plan, the John Mawney House is built around a central chimney with 7 fireplaces. Listed on the National and Rhode Island State Registers of Historic Places, this 4 bedroom, 2 and a half bath home also received a Providence Preservation Society plaque.
“It was a true honor to represent the sale of 135 Benefit Street—an extraordinary home that has not been offered on the market in over 50 years,” commented Kira Greene. “Steeped in history and literary legacy, this 1763 College Hill residence once housed the aunt of famed writer H.P. Lovecraft and served as inspiration for his work. To be part of its next chapter is a privilege I won’t soon forget.”

YTD, Kira is the #1 Realtor on the East Side of Providence for closed sales volume and number of transactions. In 2024, Kira ranked as the #3 Realtor statewide and the #2 realtor on the East Side, with $72M+ in closed sales volume. Her performance in Rhode Island’s luxury market is highlighted by her involvement in 26 transactions of $1M+ properties across the state in 2024 alone. In 2024, Compass ranked as the #1 brokerage in Rhode Island by total sales volume, with over $1 billion in closed sales. Compass also ranked as the #1 Luxury Brokerage by closed $1M+ Sales Volume.

About Compass
Compass is a leading tech-enabled real estate services company that includes the largest residential real estate brokerage in the United States by sales volume. Founded in 2012 and based in New York City, Compass provides an end-to-end platform that empowers its residential real estate agents at its owned-brokerage to deliver exceptional service to seller and buyer clients. The platform includes an integrated suite of cloud-based software for customer relationship management, marketing, client service, brokerage services and other critical functionality, all custom-built for the real estate industry.

Compass agents utilize the platform to grow their business, save time, and manage their businesses more efficiently. The Compass network includes Christie’s International Real Estate, the world’s premier global luxury real estate brand with over 100 independently owned brokerage Affiliates in 50
countries and territories. For more information on how Compass empowers real estate agents, one of the country’s largest groups of small business owners, please visit www.compass.com.