Bandstand at the Casino (Roger Williams Park)

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Title

Bandstand at the Casino (Roger Williams Park)

Description

On Roosevelt Lake behind the Casino at Roger Williams Park sits the bandstand (John Hutchins Cady, 1915). According to Jordy, this classical revival structure has an “open, colonnaded Ionic rotunda as the climax of a metal-fenced, masonry platform for folding chairs.” J.H. Cady was a graduate a 1902 graduate of Brown University who became a renowned historical preservationist and architectural historian. Cady’s 1957 book, The civic and architectural development of Providence, 1836-1950 is considered classic. (date of photograph is approximated)

Creator

Chester Smolski

Source

Jordy, Buildings of Rhode Island (Oxford, 2004), 132-133.

Woodward, PPS/AlAri Guide to Providence Architecture (Providence, 2003), 145-147.

John Hutchins Cady information: Cady Family Papers, RIHS Manuscripts Division http://www.rihs.org/mssinv/Mss326.htm

Date

1983-01-01

Rights

Rhode Island College

Format

Photograph
Photograph

Identifier

5181

Smolski Image Item Type Metadata

City

Providence

Country

United States of America

Creator 1

John Hutchins Cady

Creator 1 Dates

1881-1967

Creator 1 Role

Architect

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Urban parks -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Open spaces -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Roger Williams Park (Providence, R.I.); Achitecture, Classical revival - Rhode Island -- Providence

Region

Rhode Island

Street Address

950 Elmwood Ave. Entrance

Theme

Urban Development