One Financial Plaza (Providence)

One Financial Plaza, also known as the Sovereign Bank Tower and formerly known as the Hospital Trust Tower,[1] is an international-style skyscraper that stands along Kennedy Plaza in Downtown Providence, Rhode Island.

Designed by John Carl Warnecke & Associates, One Financial Plaza takes the form of a rectangular prism with beveled vertical edges.

The structure is topped with a wide masonry cap surrounded by lights that glow white at night; the light colors are changed to green and red for the Christmas holiday season, red for Valentine's Day and Saint Joseph's Day, and green for Saint Patrick's Day.

Atop the building's roof is the highest helicopter pad in the state of Rhode Island.

William McKenzie Woodward, a well-known architectural historian and staff member of the Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission, does not agree aesthetically with the building, calling it a "lackluster addition to both the street and the skyline" saying that its "blunt mass" is made "more graceless" by its travertine curtain wall even though it is part of the Big 3, the most recognizable part of the Providence skyline that is also often seen in the television series Family Guy.