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File:Historic American Buildings Survey, unknown photographer, VIEW OF THE FRONT. - Redwood Library, 50 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI HABS RI,3-NEWP,15-2.tif

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Summary

Historic American Buildings Survey, unknown photographer, VIEW OF THE FRONT. - Redwood Library, 50 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI
Title
Historic American Buildings Survey, unknown photographer, VIEW OF THE FRONT. - Redwood Library, 50 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI
Description
Harrison, Peter; Snell, George; Mason, George C; Dufais, John
Depicted place Rhode Island; Newport County; Newport
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 5 x 7 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HABS RI,3-NEWP,15-2
Credit line
This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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Notes
  • Significance: The Redwood Library is a notable specimen of the architectural taste of the early 18th century. As an important work of the architect Peter Harrison, it is a key building in the introduction of English Georgian architecture in America.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-42
  • Survey number: HABS RI-100
  • Building/structure dates: 1749 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1859 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1875 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1912 Subsequent Work
References

This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 66000015.
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ri0071.photos.144413p
Permission
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Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.

Captions

The front entrance to the Redwood Library, circa 1933.

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

library

ISNI: 0000 0000 9612 5318
official name: Redwood Library and Athenaeum (English)
inception: 1750

NRHP building

NRHP reference number: 66000015
architect: Peter Harrison
start time: 15 October 1966

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