Stone, Carpenter, and Willson
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Stone, Carpenter and Willson was a Providence, Rhode Island based architectural firm in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. It was named for the partners Alfred E. Stone (1834–1908),[1] Edmund R. Willson (1856–1906),[2] and Charles E. Carpenter (1845–1923).[3] The company designed a number of prominent structures in the region including several Brown University buildings.
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[edit] Buildings
The firm designed a number of buildings in Providence including:
- Providence YMCA Building (1887)[1]
- The William Wilkinson Building (aka the Lerner Building) (1887) [4]
- Barrington Town Hall (1887–1888), a Tudor Revival, Late Victorian 1 1⁄2-story building, constructed with three flank gable units of varying height, with two circular towers. The basement, first and second stories of the towers are constructed of boulders.[5]
- The Ladd Observatory (1891) at Brown University.[6]
- Cranston Sockanosset Boys Training School Chapel (1891) in Cranston, Rhode Island. A stone building with a shingled porch, notable for being part of Rhode Island's first attempt to provide statewide social services through publicly supported and administered institutions.[7]
- The Rhode Island Building (1893) at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.[8]
- The William Slade House (1895) in the Wayland Historic District containing intact leaded glass, staircase, inlaid floors and original cherry butler's pantry.
- Royal C. Taft house (1895), based on the Joseph Brown House (1774) of 50 South Main Street.
- Union Station (Providence) (1896–98), a Romanesque yellow brick construction, it was the longest building in America when it was built (at 700 feet long, although some claimed it was 625). With an octagonal pavilion on one end and two towers on the other, it also featured Railroad Hall.[9]
- Old Stone Bank (1896–98)
- Providence Public Library (1900) on Empire Street[1]
- The Mason Building (1903) now part of Rhode Island School of Design.[10]
- The Sayles Gymnasium (1906) at Brown University in red brick with terracotta trim, a style described as “modern English collegiate.”[11]
- Strathglass Building (1906), 33 Hartford Street, Rumford Falls, Maine
- Pendleton House, a Georgian building at 224 Benefit Street that was designed to house the Charles L. Pendleton Collection of 18th century English and American furniture, paintings and art. The house was a foundational acquisition of the Rhode Island School of Design. Charles Pendleton's 1904 bequest stipulated that the collection be safeguarded against fire. The architects complied, ordering a structure made of concrete, plaster, and ceramic tile.[12]
- Robert W. Taft House (now King House) at 154 Hope Street, housing an undergraduate literary society.
- The Providence Telephone Company Building, 112 Union St., Providence[13]
- Old Rhode Island State House renovations.[14]
[edit] Associated architects and draftsmen
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "American Architect's Biographies S". Society of Architectural Historians. http://www.sah.org/index.php?src=gendocs&ref=BiographiesArchitectsS&category=Resources. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ^ "American Architect's Biographies W". Society of Architectural Historians. http://www.sah.org/index.php?src=gendocs&ref=BiographiesArchitectsW&category=Resources. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ^ "American Architect's Biographies C". Society of Architectural Historians. http://www.sah.org/index.php?src=gendocs&ref=BiographiesArchitectsC&category=Resources. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ^ "William Wilkinson Building". Providence Preservation Society Revolving Fund. http://www.revolvingfund.org/consulting_wilkinson.php. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
- ^ "Rhode Island - Bristol County (Barrington Civic Center)". National Register of Historic Places. http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/RI/Bristol/state.html. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ^ "RHODE ISLAND - Providence County (Ladd Observatory)". National Register of Historic Places. http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/ri/Providence/state4.html. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
- ^ "The Boys Training School at Sockanosset". The City of Cranston, Rhode Island. http://www.cranstonri.com/generalpage.php?page=112. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ^ "World's Columbian Exposition - The Architects and Their Buildings". University of Virginia. http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma96/WCE/architects.html. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ^ "Union Station". Art in Ruins. http://www.artinruins.com/arch/stillinuse/unionstation/. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ^ "RISD Mason Building". Art in Ruins. http://www.artinruins.com/arch/redevelop/risdcit/. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ^ "Martha Mitchell’s Encyclopedia Brunoniana - Sayles Gymnasium". Brown University Library. 1993. http://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/Databases/Encyclopedia/search.php?serial=S0040. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ^ "Endowment, Prosperity, and Charles L. Pendleton". Rhode Island School of Design. http://www.risd.edu/charlespendleton.cfm. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ^ "Rhode Island - Providence County (Providence Telephone Company)". National Register of Historic Places. http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/ri/Providence/state6.html. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ^ "State Capitol Building Histories". Cupolas of Capitalism. http://www.cupola.com/html/bldgstru/statecap/cap09.htm. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
[edit] External links
- Rhode Island Historical Society architectural drawing collection including Rhode Island architectural firm Stone, Carpenter and Wilson.
