1939 Rhode Island Architecture Exhibition
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Date Range
1700 - 1730
Photographer
Harvey Weber
Location
Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
Worktype
historic houses
Style/Period
American Colonial
Image Type
photographic prints
Image Measurements
8 inches x 10 inches
Inscription
[typed:] CATALOG NUMBER: / DATE: / ENGRAVINGS: / REPRODUCTIONS: / EXHIBITIONS: / COLLECTIONS: / DESCRIPTION: CARPENTER-HICKOX house. 196 Main Street, Westerly. Before / 1730. The simple five-room eighteenth century type of house continuing / the central chimney, storey [sic]-and-a-half scheme of the earlier period with / little change. / BIBLIOGRAPHY: / NOTES:
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); houses; houses by construction technique