This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ... Chapter X PROVIDENCE HOUSES, 1785-1830 TER the war of the Revolution, Providence entered on an era of great prosperity. This was brought about by her shipping-trade, and especially by the trade with China and the East Indies. Great wealth was brought into the town, and the foremost ship-owners and ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ... Chapter X PROVIDENCE HOUSES, 1785-1830 TER the war of the Revolution, Providence entered on an era of great prosperity. This was brought about by her shipping-trade, and especially by the trade with China and the East Indies. Great wealth was brought into the town, and the foremost ship-owners and merchants lived in a way of corresponding luxury. They built houses of stately dignity, with large, square, high-studded rooms, and walls that defy even the New-England east wind, and their beautiful woodwork still serves us as a model for decoration.1 One of the best examples in New England of this type of architecture is the house built by John Brown on Power Street, in 1786. It is now Number 52 Power Street. In the following year John Brown sent the first ship from the port of Providence to the East Indies. This was the General Washington. John Brown was a great admirer of Washington. When he built the first Washington Bridge over Providence River, close to his new wharves and docks, he placed a wooden statue of his favorite hero on the new bridge, and gave it its present name. His house 1 Dow, American Renaissance Houses in Bristol. John Brown House, Power Street Now owned by Marsden J. Peny. Erected 1786, and referred to by John Quincy Adams in 1789 as "the most magnificent and elegant private mansion that I have ever seen on this continent." From a photograph, 1911, by Willis A. Dean. on Power Street was designed by his brother, Joseph Brown. Joseph was a man of scholarly, rather than commercial aptitudes. He is said to have lent a hand in designing the First Baptist Church. He also worked on the design of the Old Market House at the foot of College Street, now known as the Board of Trade. This building was put up in 1773. It was...
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