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Brown University, Robinson Hall, Waterman & Prospect Streets, Providence, Providence County, RI



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Item Title
Brown University, Robinson Hall, Waterman & Prospect Streets, Providence, Providence County, RI

Location
Waterman & Prospect Streets, Providence, RI

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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.

Notes
Survey number HABS RI-185
Building/structure dates: 1878 initial construction
Significance: This large brick building, built in 1878 and originally used as a library, is one of the few large examples of post-Civil War "Victorian Gothic" in Providence.

Subjects
Offices


Related Names
Walker & Gould


Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

Contents
Photograph caption(s): 
1. Historic American Buildings Survey, Laurence E. Tilley, Photographer April, 1958 SOUTH (fRONT) AND WEST ELEVATIONS.
2. Historic American Buildings Survey, Laurence E. Tilley, Photographer April, 1958 SOUTH (FRONT) ELEVATION.
3. Historic American Buildings Survey, Laurence E. Tilley, Photographer April, 1958 NORTH AND WEST ELEVATIONS.
4. Historic American Buildings Survey, Laurence E. Tilley, Photographer April, 1958 LOWER PART OF CENTRAL OCTAGONAL COURT.
5. Historic American Buildings Survey, Laurence E. Tilley, Photographer April, 1958 UPPER PART OF CENTRAL OCTAGONAL COURT SHOWING CEILING OF DOME.


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