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:

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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)

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