1927
HAV-01-403-Z-E-408
GUSN-367188
One framed pencil sketch depicting a street view of an unidentified house in the foreground with the first Providence County Courthouse in the background. The courthouse was located at the corners of College Street and Benefit Streets in Providence, Rhode Island. Sketch is dated 1927 by R. C. Scott. Signed "R.C. Scott / '27" in the bottom right corner of the sketch. Notable archictectural elements of the High Victorian Gothic brick courthouse are pictured, include a mansard roof with metal cresting, a central tower, turrets, and pointed arch windows.
architectural elements
High Victorian
Gothic (Medieval)
spires
mansard roofs
turrets (towers)
towers (building divisions)
cresting
brick (clay product)
pointed arches
courthouses
sketches
graphite pencils
frames (furnishings)
1 framed pencil sketch ; 19 x 16 inches
GC001
Original art collection
2023
GC001.USRI.Providence.814
Gift of John M. Carpenter and Thomas S. Michie, 2023
Providence (Providence county, Rhode Island)
Scott, R. C. (Artist)
sketches
graphite pencils
frames (furnishings)
Scott, R. C.
Stone & Carpenter
Courthouse
House
Art
Sketch removed from frame for long-term preservation. It was photographed in its frame prior to unframing.
Item
HAV-01-403-Z-E-408
First Providence County Courthouse was designed by architectural firm Stone & Carpenter in the High Victorian Gothic style. Construction began in 1875 and 1877. Prior to its construction, the lot the courthouse occupied had been used for government and judicial purposes. The city of Providence, Rhode Island, had purchased a building at the corner of College Street and Benefit Street. The building, which had been built in 1723 by the First Congreational Society for use as a meeting house, hosted public meetings and occasionally served as a courthouse. The first Providence County Courthouse stood until 1923. The second Providence County Courthouse was constructed between 1924 and 1933. Designed by architectural firm Jackson, Robertson & Adams, Georgian Revival building still stands today, and houses the Rhode island Supreme court and the Providence Superior Court.
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