1939 Rhode Island Architecture Exhibition
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Creation Date
1849
Photographer
Nicholas Romano
Location
White Rock, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
Worktype
villages
Style/Period
Greek Revival
Image Type
photographic prints; enlargements (copies)
Image Measurements
width: 40 inches, height: 30 inches
Inscription
[typed label, bottom right:] MILL VILLAGE, 1849 / White Rock, Westerly / Twelve identical double houses were built at the same time / as the mill. They have excellent simple late Greek Revival / detail and, until the 1938 hurricane, were shaded by magnificent / trees. The village was always considered a model of excellence. / Photo by Romano
Description
exterior neighborhood view; 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)