1939 Rhode Island Architecture Exhibition

 

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Creation Date

1665

Photographer

Harvey Weber

Location

site: Touro Park, Newport, Rhode Island

Worktype

industrial buildings ; mills (buildings)

Style/Period

American Colonial

Image Type

photographic prints

Image Measurements

8 inches x 10 inches

Inscription

[typed:] DATE: 1665 / DESCRIPTION: OLD STONE MILL, Touro Park, Newport. c. 1665. Built by Governor Benedict Arnold and possibly modeled on an observatory by Inigo Jones. (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)

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