1939 Rhode Island Architecture Exhibition
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Creation Date
1786
Location
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Worktype
historic houses
Image Type
photographic prints
Image Measurements
8 inches x 10 inches
Inscription
[verso, typed, top:] Exhibited in "RHODE ISLAND ARCHITECTURE", June, 1939- October 20, 1939. / Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island. / Section III, The Early Republic, 1790-1830. / 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. / Shown in the special exhibition at the Museum of Art, in conjunction with the re-opening of University Hall at Brown University. May 1-May 9, 1940. ; [verso, typed, bottom:] JOHN BROWN HOUSE, 52 Power Street, 1786. Photo McCarthy. / By Joseph Brown, 1733-1785. / The most famous mansion of the late eighteenth century New England. Des- / spite its elaboration, it still follows the style of the mid-century, except / for the projecting porch which is a new development.
Description
façade; 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)