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George R. Drowne House

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1862, Gridley J. F. Bryant. 119 Benefit St.
  • (Photograph by Andrew Hope)

High-style Second Empire houses are uncommon in Providence, and especially on College Hill. This is the first in the city, among the most commanding, and one of the few remaining domestic commissions anywhere by Bryant, who is most widely known for his Boston City Hall in the same style. Here the imperious elevation is all for show, however, as the $35,000 price tag for the house suggests and the original plain interiors proved. The house is now altered for apartments.

Writing Credits

Author: 
William H. Jordy et al.
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What's Nearby

Sullivan Dorr House
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Old State House (Providence Colony House, later Rhode Island State House)

Citation

William H. Jordy et al., "George R. Drowne House", [Providence, Rhode Island], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/RI-01-PR76.

Print Source

Buildings of Rhode Island, William H. Jordy, with Ronald J. Onorato and William McKenzie Woodward. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004, 76-76.

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