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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
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