1939 Rhode Island Architecture Exhibition
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Creation Date
1758
Photographer
Nicholas Romano
Location
Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Worktype
historic houses
Style/Period
American Colonial
Image Type
photographic prints
Image Measurements
8 inches x 10 inches
Inscription
[verso, typed, top:] The handsomest [sic] academic exterior of the mid-century, originally / sanded and painted stone-colour like the Redwood Library in Newport, / not white.
Description
exterior; 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)