1939 Rhode Island Architecture Exhibition
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Creation Date
1886
Photographer
Harvey Weber
Location
Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Worktype
historic houses; mansions
Style/Period
Colonial Revival
Image Type
photographic prints
Image Measurements
8 inches x 10 inches
Inscription
[typed, portrait orientation:] DATE: 1886. / DESCRIPTION: H.A.C. TAYLOR HOUSE, Annandale Road, Newport. 1886. By McKim / Mead and White. The first Colonial Revival house; with academic plan, / eclectic eighteenth century detail and even the typical early Newport / gable-above-hip roof. (Rhode Island Architecture, Hitchcock.)
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)