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Architecture Part 2 |
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The Providence Skyline |
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| Downtown Providence is filled with tall buildings that are mostly of Italian Renaissance. One example is the Merchant Bank on Westminster Street build in 1855. A now rare, brownstone building Alpheus designed it in the mid 19th century. It was one of the many small banks built downtown during that time. | |
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| Today, the first floor is used by RISD students as a store to sell their works of art. I think Merchant Bank is a very odd looking building because of its triangular shape. | |
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The Nightingale Brown House |
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357 Benefit Street |
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| This house is the largest 18th century wood framed house in the country. It was built for merchant Joseph Nightingale (1748-1797). It was later sold to Nicholas Brown and his family lived there until 1985. It is now being used as the John Nicholas Brown center for the study of American Civilization. | |
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| When John Nicholas Brown II inherited the house, he turned it into a Colonial Revival style. He hired architects named, Jackson, Robertson, and Adams. The woodwork in the Northwest parlor was stripped. A large drawing room was created from two smaller rooms on the Northeast side. Moldings, large staircase and colorful wallpaper were added. | |
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By the late 1980's the house needed a lot of work because of water damage and termites. It was them restored by architects, Irving B. Haynes and Associates. |
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| I think that the house is very beautiful and there are so many things going on inside of it. | |
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This photo shows work being done on the house at this time. |
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