1939 Rhode Island Architecture Exhibition
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Creation Date
1882
Photographer
Harvey Weber
Location
Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Worktype
historic houses; mansions
Style/Period
Queen Anne Style; Shingle Style
Image Type
photographic prints
Image Measurements
8 inches x 10 inches
Inscription
[typed:] CATALOG NUMBER: / DATE: 1882 / EXHIBITIONS: / COLLECTIONS: / DESCRIPTION: "SOUTHSIDE", Ochre Point Avenue, Newport. 1882. / By McKim, Meade and White. The largest of the great Americanized / "Queen Anne" houses of Newport. On the whole well massed despite / the confusion of many minor elements (some of the dormers to the / right are later) and with much inventive detail in the cut shingles, / etc. / BIBLIOGRAPHY: / NOTES:
Description
verso of photograph; Photograph exhibited in Rhode Island Architecture Exhibition, 1939, RISD Museum. Curated by RISD Museum Director Alexander Dorner (tenure 1938-1941) and architectural historian Henry-Russell Hitchcock.
Keywords
architecture (discipline)