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

width: 40 inches, height: 30 inches

Inscription

[typed label, bottom right:] FIRST BAPTIST MEETING HOUSE, 1775 / Providence / Architect: Joseph Brown / Following closely Gibbs' Chapel in London. / Photo by Watson

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.