First Baptist Meeting House

Creator

Joseph Brown
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Creation Date

1775

Photographer

Norman Watson

Location

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Worktype

meeting houses (religious buildings)

Image Type

photographic prints

Image Measurements

8 inches x 10 inches

Inscription

[verso, typed, left:] CATALOG NUMBER: / DATE: 1775 / EXHIBITIONS: / COLLECTIONS: / DESCRIPTION: FIRST BAPTIST MEETING HOUSE, Providence. 1775. By / Joseph Brown, 1733-1785. The tower, cipied [sic] from Gibbs' Book of / Architecture, 1728, was originally painted in different colours to / suggest rich marbles. / BIBLIOGRAPHY: / NOTES:

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.