1) Central Congregational Church
(1890-1893) is the earliest of five surviving Carrère and
Hastings buildings in Rhode Island:
2) An atypical Providence
mansion, the Francis W. Carpenter house (1896-1915) lies to the immediate west
of the church and was commissioned by a congregation member who had been on the
church building committee. Since 1973 this building has been run as Hamilton House
– a center for adults over fifty-five. Carpenter was a major donor to the
church, paying to build the original Pastor’s Residence (1893-4) at 20 Diman Place
and the large west wing stained glass. Jordy 2004 claims that it was
Carpenter’s enthusiastic visit to St. Augustine, Florida that brought Carrere
& Hasting to the RI congregation's attention. But it seems more likely that
it was the new Rev. Dr. Edward C. Moore, a former student of Rev. Hastings, the architect's father, that prompted Carpenter's visit and deepened the support for hiring the firm. [Ossman 2011.]
3) Nearby, the Brown
University - Orwig Music Building is a much-renovated brick mansion at the northeast
corner of Young Orchard Ave and Hope St. in Providence. Around 1900, I. Gifford
Sprague bought an existing c. 1850 house at this location and hired Carrere
& Hastings to do a major renovation while the firm continued to work nearby
on the Carpenter house (above). By 1950, the Sprague house had been sold and converted
for institutional uses. Brown acquired it in the 1970s and renovated it in
1981. [Woodward 1986: 247.] (1 Young Orchard Ave., Providence, RI 02906)
4) In Newport, R.I. Vernon Court (1898-1901) was
designed as a summer “cottage” for out of state clients, and is now open
to the public as the National
Museum of American Illustration (492 Bellevue Ave., Newport, RI 02840).
5) The
Senator Nelson W. Aldrich mansion (1909-11) in Warwick Neck is now owned by
the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence and run as event venue; it was the
setting for the 1998 film, Joe Black.
Overlooking Narragansett Bay, “Indian Oaks” was built on a hundred acre private
compound purposefully set away from the Newport social scene. (836 Warwick Neck
Ave., Warwick, RI 02889) [Ossman 2011: 248-258.]
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