1939 Rhode Island Architecture Exhibition
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Date Range
1884-1886
Location
Narragansett Pier, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
Worktype
casinos
Style/Period
Shingle Style
Image Type
photographic prints
Image Measurements
8 inches x 10 inches
Inscription
[verso, typed, portrait orientation:] CATLOG NUMBER: / DATE: 1884-1886 / EXHIBITIONS: / COLLECTIONS: / DESCRIPTION: CASINO, Narragansett Pier. 1884-1886. By McKim, Mead and/ White. This solid Richardsonian building, of which only a fragment / remains, was designed just as the architects' conversion to academic Ren- / aissance style was taking place. Like the Wm. G. Low house in Bristol of a / year or two later it has the poignancy distinction of a cause already lost. / BIBLIOGRAPHY: / NOTES:
Description
exterior; National Register of Historic Places, designated 1969. Designated contributing property 1982; 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)