Dublin Core
Title
Aerial of Rhode Island State House, Providence Station Construction
Description
Designed by the architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White and constructed from 1895 to 1904. The building underwent a major renovation in the late 1990s. The building is made up of 327,000 cubic feet (9,300 m3) of white Georgia marble, 15 million bricks, and 1,309 short tons (1,188 t) of iron floor beams. The dome of the State House is the fourth-largest self-supporting marble dome in the world. On top of the dome is a gold-covered bronze statue known as the Independent Man, originally named "Hope." The statue, weighing more than 500 pounds (230 kg), is 11 feet (3.4 m) and stands 278 feet (85 m) above the ground.
Creator
Chester Smolski
Source
Wm. Mckenzie Woodward, PPS/AIAri Guide to Providence Architecture (s.l., 2003), p. 107.
Date
1987-01-01
Rights
Rhode Island College
Format
Photograph
Photograph
Identifier
5119
Smolski Image Item Type Metadata
Building Style
Post-Modernism
Building Type
Train Station
City
Providence
Country
United States of America
Creator 1
McKim, Mead, & White
Creator 1 Role
Architects
Creator 2
Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill
Creator 2 Role
Architectural Firm
Creator 3
Marilyn Taylor
Creator 3 Role
Architect
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Aerial photography in city planning -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Urban renewal -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Land use, Urban -- Rhode Island -- Providence; United States Highway 95 (Rhode Island); Rhode Island State House (Providence, R.I.); Providence Station (Providence, R.I.)
Region
Rhode Island
Street Address
90 Smith St.
Theme
Urban Development