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, handwritten in pencil:] Picture #1 / South )front_ + East Elev. / John Brown House 1786 / 52 Power St. Prov R.I. / Priority[?] #119 [hand drawn horizontal line] 55 Pl[illegible] 1 1/2 sec +45 -K2 / 10 a.m / normal neg [ hand drawn horizontal line]
Description
South front and East elevations; First mansion built in Providence, RI at 52 Power St. on College Hill, bordering Brown University. U.S. National Register of Historic Places, designated November 24, 1968, NRHP reference number 68000007. U.S. National Historic Landmark, designated November 24, 1968. U.S. National Historic Landmark District Contributing Property, designated November 10, 1970; 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)