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Historic American Buildings Survey, drawn by Pierre du Simitiere (papers in Philadelphia Library) DRAWING OF REDWOOD LIBRARY IN 1768. - Redwood Library, 50 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI
Title
Historic American Buildings Survey, drawn by Pierre du Simitiere (papers in Philadelphia Library) DRAWING OF REDWOOD LIBRARY IN 1768. - Redwood Library, 50 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI
Description
Harrison, Peter; Snell, George; Mason, George C; Dufais, John
Depicted place Rhode Island; Newport County; Newport
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions height: 5 in (12.7 cm); width: 7 in (17.7 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,7U218593
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HABS RI,3-NEWP,15-1
Credit line
This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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Notes
  • Significance: The Redwood Library is a notable specimen of the architectural taste of the early 18th century. As an important work of the architect Peter Harrison, it is a key building in the introduction of English Georgian architecture in America.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-42
  • Survey number: HABS RI-100
  • Building/structure dates: 1749 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1859 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1875 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1912 Subsequent Work
References

This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 66000015.

Photograph

Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ri0071.photos.144412p
Permission
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Redwood Library and Athenaeum

copyright status

public domain

location of creation

Newport

coordinates of the point of view

41°29'24"N, 71°18'36"W

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