1939 Rhode Island Architecture Exhibition
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Creation Date
1739
Photographer
Harvey Weber
Location
Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Worktype
social and civic buildings
Style/Period
American Colonial
Image Type
photographic prints
Image Measurements
8 inches x 10 inches
Inscription
[typed, top left:] From the show called " RHODE ISLAND ARCHITECTURE", June, 1939- October / 20, 1939.At the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design. / Providence, Rhode Island. / Exhibited Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, November and December, 1939. / Exhibited Lawrence College, Appleton, Wisconsin, February, 1940. / Selected examples exhibited Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, March, 1940. ; [typed, bottom:] COLONY HOUSE, Washington Parade, Newport, Rhode Island. 1739 by Richard / Munday. Photo by Weber. / An early example of formal public architecture in masonry. Brick with brown- / stone quoins and carved detail of painted wood. Restored by Norman M. Isham / in 1932.
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)