Posts Tagged ‘RI Historical Society’
“Timeless” Under the Elms TODAY – John Brown House
The Rhode Island Historical Society’s 25th season, “Concerts Under the Elms” will feature a local favorite – Timeless – Thursday, July 21st as part of their six-week series on the lawn of the John Brown House Museum, 52 Power Street on corner of Benefit Street on the East Side of Providence. Short and sweet the…
Read MoreThe Curtain Raises on A View of Providence – 1808
By David Brussat, Architecture Here and There The Rhode Island Historical Society yesterday displayed its amazing 1809 drop curtain, owned by the society since 1833 and depicting the town as it appeared in 1808, twenty years before the Providence Arcade was built in 1828. It is thought to be the oldest curtain of its kind…
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