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Corliss–Carrington House. / 41.82250°N 71.40167°W / 41.82250; -71.40167. The Corliss–Carrington House is a National Historic Landmark house at 66 Williams Street in the College Hill neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island. Built in 1812, it is significant as a high-quality and well-preserved example of an Adamesque-Federal style ...
On February 8, 1662, Northup Sr. sold a plot of land (possibly that same 25 acres) in the Providence region and moved to Kingstowne. [4] What is known is the Northup family started with the seniors marriage to Sarah Elizabeth Harrington in about 1654, and gave birth to their first child (Stephen Jr.) in 1660 with records indicating birth in the ...
Joseph Brown House (Providence, Rhode Island) / 41.82474; -71.40697. The Joseph Brown House is a historic Georgian house located at 50 South Main Street Providence, Rhode Island. The building, designed by astronomer and amateur architect Joseph Brown, is the oldest extant house built by an American architect for his own use. [1] [2]
April 13, 1972. Designated NHLDCP. November 10, 1970. The Market House is a historic three-story brick market house in Market Square, in the College Hill, a neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island, USA. The building was constructed between 1773 and 1775 [2] and designed by prominent local architects, Joseph Brown and Declaration of ...
Torp (architecture) A typical Swedish torp. The author Dan Andersson lived in this one. A torp (Swedish pronunciation: [tɔrp]) is a type of croft emblematic of the Swedish countryside. [1] It comes from the Old Norse þorp. In modern usage, it is the emblematic Swedish summer house, a small cottage painted Falu red and white, [2] and evidence ...
The Fleur-de-Lys Studios, also known as Fleur-de-Lis Studios or Sydney Burleigh Studio, is a historic art studio, and an important structure in the development of the Arts and Crafts Movement in the United States. It is located at 7 Thomas Street in the College Hill neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island. It was designed by Sydney Burleigh ...
The Jeremiah Dexter House is a historic colonial house in Providence, Rhode Island. It is a 11⁄2 -story gambrel-roofed wood-frame structure, built in 1754 for printer Jeremiah Dexter on farm land that was originally granted to his ancestor Gregory Dexter, a friend and printer for Roger Williams. It is five bays wide, with a large central ...
December 30, 1970 [ 2] Designated NHLDCP. November 10, 1970. The Thomas P. Ives House is a National Historic Landmark at 66 Power Street in the College Hill in Providence, Rhode Island. Built in 1803–06, this brick house is an extremely well-preserved and little-altered example of Adamesque-Federal style. The house was built by Caleb Ormsbee ...