1939 Rhode Island Architecture Exhibition
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Creation Date
1853
Photographer
Joseph McCarthy
Location
Georgiaville, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Worktype
cotton mills
Style/Period
Greek Revival; Italianate (North American architecture styles )
Image Type
photographic prints; enlargements (copies)
Image Measurements
width: 40 inches, height: 30 inches
Inscription
[typed label, bottom right:] GEORGIA COTTON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 1853 / Georgiaville, Smithfield / Although damaged by the raised roof and the added later story, / this very large mill is in some ways the most impressive industrial / monument in Rhode Island. The isolated blocks in front of the / mill, one of which appears to the left, were perhaps boarding / houses. / Photo by McCarthy
Description
exterior; Original Georgia Cotton Mill erected in 1813 and demolished in 1851. Local industrialist Zachariah Allen acquired and rebuilt an expanded and improved mill complex in 1853, pictured here; 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)